Two kilometers off the main road between Yogyakarta and Kalasan is the village of Sambisari, in which the temple of the same name is found. It is a temple with a similar plan to that of Cangal Temple, but the building is a little later. The temple was covered with a very substantial layer of rubble, probably as a result of flood. This means that it was found intact and the buildings are still being dug out. The central sanctuary is raised on a terrace surrounded by a balustrade; the cella contained a plinth which covered the foundation well. Archaeologists digging at the site have noticed that some of the statuary had been altered in the past, either because of a change in ritual or else to update the building. There are only three flanking shrines which consist of a small terrace enclosed by a balustrade in interrupted by an entrance porch on one side. In the center of each terrace there was a statue unprotected by any covering structure.
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