Borobudur Temple!

Hi everyone, my name is Adinda. If you want to know me, you can read my previous post "A Brief Introduction about Me". In this post, I will tell you about Borobudur Temple in Magelang, Central Java, that I visited last December with my family. 

Borobudur Temple is a 9th century Mahayana Budhhist Temple in Magelang Regency, Central Java. It's the world largest buddhist temple. The architect behind this amazing temple is Gunadhrama, which was later restored by Theodoor van Erp in 1911. The temple consist of nine stacked platforms, six square, and three sircular, topped by a central dome. It is decorated with 2.672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. The central dome surrounded by 72 Buddha statues, each seated inside a perforated stupa. Built in the 9th century during the reign of the Sailendra Dynasty, the temple design follows Javanese Buddhist architecture, which blends the Indonesian indigenous cult of ancestor worship and the Buddhist concept of attaining Nirvana. The monument is a shrine to the Lord Buddha and a place for Buddhist pilgrimage.

The pilgrim journey begins at the base of the monument (usually from the east side),  and follows a path around the monument (clockwise), ascending to the top through three levels symbolic of Buddhist cosmology: Kāmadhātu (the world of desire), Rupadhatu (the world of forms) and Arupadhatu (the world of formlessness). The monument guides pilgrims through an extensive system of stairways and corridors with 1,460 narrative relief panels on the walls and the balustrades. Borobudur has one of the largest and most complete ensembles of Buddhist reliefs in the world.

Well, that's all that I can described about Borobudur Temple. I know, there are many things that Borobudur have to describe, but I hope this post will help you to know the general description about Borobudur. I’m so grateful that I had the opportunity to visited this amazing temple with my family. If I may, I want to go there again. And I reccomended you all to visit this beautiful historical temple.

Source: wikipedia candi borobudur and borobudur temple.