The beauty of Borobudur Masterpiece 9th century architecture

Borobudur | This time we  will be talking about one of the tourist destinations which are the prehistoric peninggalan is building with staircase-undak made of slabs of stone and arranged so that formed pyramid building. Yuppppp is the Temple of Borobudur.

Attraction is located precisely in the lowliest Central Java village of Borobudur-Borobudur Subdistrict, Kab. Magelang-Central Jawah, about 40 km northwest of Town, 7 km south of the town of Magelang. Borobudur Temple is a magnificent is a building and is closely linked to its square base has a total area of about 15129 square metres, with a height of 35 metres of the building, while the original 42 metres high including the chattra. The temple has a very different design with a temple – the temple others that exist in Indonesia. This temple was built on a hill, not at a flat surface. In the temple was not found room for special ritual worship as in Temple – other temples. There was only a narrow aisle of a long sequence of unbounded temple walls are terraced. If seen carefully, Borobudur is indeed similar to the pyramids in General, but that sets it apart, this temple stairs – undak. The temple without this room is trusted by the community as the buildings are deliberately made to places of worship.

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Borobudur is a Buddhist temple to the largest in the world. Here you can see so kentalnya aura Buddhist teachings in Indonesia at that time . If you are visiting this temple , you will see many statues of Buddha statues lined along which number around 504. The temple of Borobudur architecture combined with beautiful ornate reliefs on the walls - the walls around the temple . Noted , 2,672 panels in Borobudur temple .

In the middle - the middle of the building there is a stupa Borobudur largest primary among others . This stupa looks like the top of a building and surrounded by 72 Borobudur stupa which marching into three parts . The conical shape of the stupa and has a hole - hole section next to it, and in it there is a statue of Buddha . The statue sits cross-legged with hands gesture " mudras " and turning the wheel of dharma " Dharmachakra mudra " .

Monument of Borobudur Temple is composed by 6 terrace shaped squares. Combined with the 3 circular background. The third level it is believed to have its own meaning for the Buddhists. And the meaning of the first of the Kāmadhātu is could be interpreted as the realm of lust, while the second the Rupadhatu is a realm of intangibles, and the last Pass is the realm of intangibles.

Borobudur Temple is a form of real built to glorify the Buddhism. It is usually used to place a pilgrimage for Buddhist society, by deploying variety of rituals performed in this temple. They usually perform rituals with started from the East of the temple and then run clockwise on the background level 3 – is there in the temple.

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Relief on the wall - the wall of Borobudur temple made with a very careful and delicate. Aesthetics contained in this relief is very high with very mantab calculation and ideal proportions. This relief looks very graceful and elegant impression in the whole range of Buddhist art. With the combined flow of art from India. In painting these reliefs, saving myriad hidden meanings. If seen this relief was tangible as man as citizens of the nobility, the people jelat, a variety of animals and plants, ascetic Buddhist, until the angel and the creatures that have reached a degree of sanctity as the gods are often depicted bodhisattva ie with body position tribhanga. Relief at Borobudur Temple as a pictorial story that depicts the ancient Javanese society. Rows of relief can be read by starting as clockwise.

Not far from Borobudur, there is a museum that holds a myriad of archaeological heritage of the place around the temple. The museum is often known sebagain Karmawibhangga Museum Borobudur. During the restoration of Borobudur temple, while the temple was also found - such as Buddhist temples Pawon and Mendut. Third temple extending in a straight line. Is not a coincidence. Third temple has a similar architecture and decoration, as well as coming from the same period. So in trust, the relationship between the third temple. But not known unclear how the relationship between the three.

History Of Borobudur

Borobudur was established on the Sailendra dynasty estimated at around century - 9. The initiator of the establishment of the Borobudur Temple is King Samaratungga. In pouring ideas, King Samara Tungga appoint an architect during the Sailendra dynasty named Gunadarma. Borobudur is an extraordinary historic building at the time. How not that big temple built in a way and sederhannya materials as well as the absence of adequate modern equipment. Saampai but we can see today, the temple is still towering majestic sagat sturdy and stout. Gunadarma as the architect of Borobudur, takes approximately 70 years to complete the grand building. A very long time, but equally to the quality obtained from the resulting building. Borobudur Temple was completed in the reign of King Pramudiawardani is none other than the daughter of the king Samaratungga.

Borobudur name is taken from the Sanskrit "Vihara Buddha Uhr" meaning Buddhist monastery on the Mount. The only one of the oldest documents showing the existence of this temple is Nagara Kretagama book, written by MPU Prapanca in 1365. In it was written that the temple was used as a place of Buddhist meditation. In accordance with the meaning of the name Borobudur itself.

In ancient times around 13-15 century BC when the volcano erupted, Borobudur Temple had been affected by the eruption of Mount Merapi. this is due to the geographical location of the Borobudur temple near Mount Merapi. The destruction of the temple made public Buddhists worship here ever leave.

Then in 1814 when the British ruled the nation of Indonesia, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles one pejajah British leaders heard that there are places and ancient buildings in the village are very large Segoro Earth Magelang district which is the Borobudur Temple itself. Conditions during the Borobudur Temple was covered by volcanic ash and building bushes so invisible temple. Since ditemukkan first by the British, the temples are in the clear to recall the history of the land of Java.


For many - years from the Dutch colonial era until the Dutch menginggalkan Indonesia Borobudur constantly cleaned . Until finally after Indonesia 's independence, in 1956 , the Indonesian government in cooperation with UNESCO to examine the existence of Borobudur Temple . Then in 1963 , ruling out the official Indonesian government to conduct the restoration of the Borobudur temple with the help of UNESCO . The process of temple restoration was completed in 1984. Borobudur is one of the magnificent and ancient warisaan sturdy towering beautifully , so that UNESCO keen to recognize this temple as a World Heritage in 1991 .

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