is a ninth-century Mahayana Buddhist monument in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The monument comprises six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. (wikipedia)
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Borobudur, Indonesia
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I took this photo last year. About 1km from the Borobodur Temple there is a smaller temple which was used as a "gate house". I can't remember the name. The Buddha was in this building.
I'm an art director in a small advertising agency at Jakarta, that picture taken early morning before sunrise at Borobudur temple. I spend the night at the small hotel inside the temple area and they open an early tour to go up to the temple before sunrise, and I couldn't loose that chance.
Borobudur, originally uploaded by zsoolt.
When to Yogyakarta and made took a day trip to Borobudur and Mendut.
(video: jclemaire)
Wikipedia says:
Borobudur is a ninth century Mahayana Buddhist monument in Central Java, Indonesia. The monument comprises six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues.[1] A main dome is located at the center of the top platform, and is surrounded by seventy-two Buddha statues seated inside perforated stupa.
The monument is both a shrine to the Lord Buddha and a place for Buddhist pilgrimage. The journey for pilgrims begins at the base of the monument and follows a path circumambulating the monument while ascending to the top through the three levels of Buddhist cosmology, namely, Kamadhatu (the world of desire); Rupadhatu (the world of forms); and Arupadhatu (the world of formless). During the journey, the monument guides the pilgrims through a system of stairways and corridors with 1,460 narrative relief panels on the wall and the balustrades.
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