This study aims to provide a new perspective in order to improvement public awareness on preservation temple through multicultural education. It was based on the facts that the destruction of the temple and theft cases by increase steadily. For example, East Java people living around the temple take the temple’s bricks to make red cement and they sell them to earn some money. Moreover, the chief of Radya Pustaka Museum in Surakarta was arrested for her action of stealing some statues from the museum collection. These cases show that people have not fit consciousness to preserve their cultural heritage as identity that indicates lowering multiculturalism sense. Majority of the people have different perceptions about the temple. They considered the temple as the burial site of the ancient Hindu’s kings. Their opinion was based on folklore, myth, and legend. Most of the temple’s visitors also have different perception. They regard the temple as a sacred building which functioned as a tomb. Therefore, they do not dare to do anything inside the temple’s complex area. Multicultural education was a concept that addresses cultural diversity and equality in schools. Equality ensures that students are provided the same access to the benefits of society regardless of their group membership. One of the strategies to sustain public perception and awareness to care and preserve temple in their residence was improving people knowing about the other culture and the heritage. In this context students need introduced temple through a variety of activities such as study tours, observation, fieldtrip, etc. The temple also been used as learning resources; especially in social studies where teachers explore the environmental aspects of the temple both physical and socio-cultural. Social studies learning by medium of temple, and learning resources expected to improve the quality of teaching and awareness of the differences.