Biggest Budha Temple, Borobudur

Indonesia have one of seven amazing worlds , Borobudur. Though, on recent survey, Borobudur is no loger listed, but Borobudur is still amazing. Borobudur Temple is one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world. This colossal relic of Borobudur Temple was built by Sailendra dynasty between 750 and 842 AD; 300 years before Cambodia's Angkor Wat, 400 years before work had begun on the great European cathedrals.

In Indonesia temples are known as candi, thus "Borobudur Temple" is locally known as Candi Borobudur. The term candi is also used more loosely to describe any ancient structure, for example, gates and bathing structures. The origins of the name Borobudur however are unclear, although the original names of most ancient Indonesian temples are no longer known. The name 'Borobudur' was first written in the Sir Thomas Raffles book on Java history. Raffles wrote about a monument called borobudur, but there are no older documents suggesting the same name. The only old Javanese manuscript that hints at the monument as a holy Buddhist sanctuary is Nagarakertagama, written by Mpu Prapanca in 1365.



Little is known about its early history except that a huge workforce - sculptors, plasterers, master masons, painters - must have been labored in the tropical heat to shift and carve the 60,000.

Place at Ngargogondo Village Kecamatan Borobudur, Magelang. About 10 KM from Magelang bus station. To visit this place we can take two way, from Semarang or from Jogja. From Semarang we can trip from Ahmad Yani Airport, the travel to Magelang. If we go from Jogja, we can travell from Adisucipto Airport, then By bus to Magelang.

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