Borobudur Temple
The Borobodur Temple complex is one of the greatest monuments in the world. It is of uncertain age, but thought to have been built between the end of the seventh and beginning of the eighth century A.D. For about a century and a half it was the spiritual centre of Buddhism in Java, then it was lost until its rediscovery in the eighteenth century. For each direction there are ninety-two Dhyani Buddha statues and 1,460 relief scenes.Borobudur is a ninth-century Mahayana Buddhist monument in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia It,s the most famous of Indonesia’s huge Buddhist pyramid measuring about 123 x 123 meters.. This is a Buddhism’s largest shrine in Indonesia, built in the 9th century.
It is located at Magelang, 90-km southeast of Semarang, or 42-km northwest of Yogyakarta. . Like the Hindu temple complexes Prambanan and the Dieng plateau, Borobudur was unknown and neglected for almost a thousand years, covered under thick layers of volcanic ash.
The Borobudur was in danger of collapsing as its stone statues and stone cancer, moss and lichen affected bas-reliefs. But, the monument has been completely restored and was officially opened by the President on 23rd February 1983. The restoration took eight years to complete, funded by the Government of Indonesia with aid from the UNESCO and donations from private citizens as well as from foreign governments.
