Heavenly King, Memory Twin: Virtual Prambanan In the Digital Realm

As the largest Hindu temple in Indonesia, the symmetrical, three-fold structures of the main temples at Prambanan, dating back more than 1700 years, symbolise Hindu rituals, as evidenced by the Shivagrha (house of Shiva) inscriptions now safeguarded by the National Museum of Indonesia in Jakarta. After abandonment and earthquakes, the temples still stand and attract the attention of international collaborations for the conservation of this religious site. The heritigisation process from ancient times has brought the temple site into the present. Through the hybrid methodologies of digital twin and memory twin, the research aims to unveil the digital future of Prambanan in the virtual realm through in situ research, digital heritage documentation, and open-platform dissemination.