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Borobudur is a Buddhist temple located in Borobudur ,
Magelang , Central of Java , Indonesia . This stupa temple founded by Buddhists
around the year 800 AD during the reign of wangsasyailendra . Borobudur is the
largest Buddhist temple or shrine in the world , and one of the largest
Buddhist monument in the world .
Borobudur has the most complete collection of Buddhist
reliefs in the world. The main stupa is located in the middle of the biggest
building once the crown , surrounded by three rows of 72 circular perforated
stupas in which there is a statue of Buddha sitting cross-legged in the lotus
position .
Borobudur is a Buddhist temple
According to historical evidence , Borobudur was abandoned
in the 14th century as the weakening of the influence of Buddhist and Hindu
kingdoms in Java and started the influence of Islam . The world began to realize
the existence of this building since it was discovered in 1814 by Sir Thomas
Stamford Raffles , the then British Governor-General of Java . Since then it
has undergone a series of Borobudur rescue and restoration efforts . The
largest restoration project was held in the period 1975 to 1982 for the efforts
of the Indonesian government and UNESCO , and the historic sites in the list of
World Heritage Sites .
In the world of tourism , tourism Borobudur is Indonesia's
single most visited tourist .
Unlike other temples built on flat ground , Borobudur was
built on a hill with a height of 265 m ( 870 feet ) above sea level and 15 m (
49 ft) above the ancient lakebed that has dried up . The existence of this
ancient lake a matter of heated debate among archaeologists in the 20th century
, and led to speculation that Borobudur was built on the edge or even in the
middle of the lake . In 1931 , an artist and expert of Hindu and Buddhist
architecture , WOJ Nieuwenkamp , put forward the theory that Kedu Plain was
once a lake and Borobudur was built symbolizing a lotus flower floating on the
surface of the lake . The lotus flower in the form of a red lotus , lotus blue
, or white lotus can be found in all Buddhist iconography of religious art ;
often gripped by Bodhisattva as a symbol of the regalia , into a cushion or as
a pedestal throne Buddhist stupa . The architecture of Borobudur itself
resembles a lotus flower , and the posture of Buddha in Borobudur symbolize the
Lotus Sutra is mostly found in the Buddhist religious texts . Three circular
courtyard at the top of Borobudur is also thought to symbolize the lotus petals
. However Nieuwenkamp theory that sounds amazing and fantastic rebuttal to reap
many of the archaeologists ; over land around the monument had been found
archeological evidence that proves that the neighborhood during construction
Borobudur temple is dry land , not the ancient lakebed .
Not found written evidence that explains who build Borobudur
and what it does . Construction time is estimated based on a comparison between
the type of script that is written in a closed toe Karmawibhangga the type of
characters that are commonly used in royal inscriptions 8th century and 9th .
It is estimated that Borobudur was built around 800 AD . This period according
to the period between 760 and 830 AD , the height of glory wangsaSyailendra in
Central Java , who was then influenced King Sriwijaya . Borobudur Development
estimated spend 75-100 years and actually completed during the reign of king
Samaratungga in the year 825 .
Borobudur hidden and neglected for centuries buried under
layers of volcanic ash soil and then covered with trees and shrubs so that
Borobudur when it actually resembles a hill .
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