Special report: Earthquake in Indonesia

    JAKARTA, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has made commitment to help funding rehabilitation of several ancient temples damaged in a massive earthquake hitting Yogyakarta and parts of Central Java province on May 27.

    "UNESCO has been committed to assisting us in seeking fund sources to finance rehabilitation of damaged temples, especially the Prambanan Temple," Antara news agency quoted Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik as saying in resort island Bali on Wednesday.

    The recent quake damaged a number of temples, including the Prambanan Temple, Indonesia's biggest and most beautiful ancient Hindu temple located in Central Java, and it needs a lot of money to rehabilitate them, the minister said.

    The UN body had provided financial aid for field inspection by, among other things, using X-ray to identify the extent to which the quake-affected temples had been damaged in Yogyakarta and Central Java, he said.

    Listed by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage site, the Prambanan is the largest Shiva temple complex in Java. Completed in 900 AD, it consists of 240 temples. Enditem