Borobudur Temple

Borobudur temple

Who has not heard about Borobudur? Grandeur, beauty and uniqueness has made a temple built by the Sailendra dynasty between the years 750-842 AD is confirmed as one of the seven wonders of the world and in 1991 established by UNESCO in the List of World Heritage (World Wonder Heritages).

Borobudur temple is located in the village of Borobudur, District Borobudur, Magelang regency, about 40 km northwest of Yogyakarta, 7 km south of the city of Magelang, and 100 km southwest of Semarang. Borobudur temple complex facilities and accommodations are quite complete, such as hotel / lodging, restaurant / dining, souvenir shops which is very comprehensive, gas stations,
and means of communication, such as telephone and internet cafe. Around Borobudur, also a lot of buggy (a type of carriage) which could be used to take a walk around the temple complex. While in the temple complex, there is also a train engine if you are tired or lazy to walk up to the temple. In Borobudur temple complex there are also museums that are worth visiting.

In history, the Borobudur Temple had been buried by cold lava massive eruption of Mount Merapi in about the year 950 AD and was discovered in 1814 when the British occupied Indonesia. Governor-General Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles heard of the discovery of giant archaeological object in Bumisegoro village, Magelang. Due to the great interest the history of Java (Raffles also wrote the book History of Java, 1817), then immediately ordered Raffles HC Cornelius, a Dutch engineer, to investigate the discovery of the location was a hill covered with shrubs.

The first restoration was directly done by Raffles, who started to cut trees and remove shrubs that covered the giant building. Because of that discovery, Raffles was honored as the person who started the restoration of Borobudur and got the attention of the world. In 1835, the entire area of the temple has been excavated. The temple is constantly restored the Dutch colonial period and continued after Indonesia's independence by the government of the Republic of Indonesia with the assistance of UNESCO. The whole process of restoration was completed in 1984.

Who has not heard about Borobudur? Grandeur, beauty and uniqueness has made a temple built by the Sailendra dynasty between the years 750-842 AD is confirmed as one of the seven wonders of the world and in 1991 established by UNESCO in the List of World Heritage (World Wonder Heritages).

Borobudur temple is located in the village of Borobudur, District Borobudur, Magelang regency, about 40 km northwest of Yogyakarta, 7 km south of the city of Magelang, and 100 km southwest of Semarang. Borobudur temple complex facilities and accommodations are quite complete, such as hotel / lodging, restaurant / dining, souvenir shops which is very comprehensive, gas stations, and means of communication, such as telephone and internet cafe. Around Borobudur, also a lot of buggy (a type of carriage) which could be used to take a walk around the temple complex. While in the temple complex, there is also a train engine if you are tired or lazy to walk up to the temple. In Borobudur temple complex there are also museums that are worth visiting.

In history, the Borobudur Temple had been buried by cold lava massive eruption of Mount Merapi in about the year 950 AD and was discovered in 1814 when the British occupied Indonesia. Governor-General Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles heard of the discovery of giant archaeological object in Bumisegoro village, Magelang. Due to the great interest the history of Java (Raffles also wrote the book History of Java, 1817), then immediately ordered Raffles HC Cornelius, a Dutch engineer, to investigate the discovery of the location was a hill covered with shrubs.

The first restoration was directly done by Raffles, who started to cut trees and remove shrubs that covered the giant building. Because of that discovery, Raffles was honored as the person who started the restoration of Borobudur and got the attention of the world. In 1835, the entire area of the temple has been excavated. The temple is constantly restored the Dutch colonial period and continued after Indonesia's independence by the government of the Republic of Indonesia with the assistance of UNESCO. The whole process of restoration was completed in 1984.

Many people around the world make the Borobudur Temple as a place that must be visited in his life. Many theories that attempt to explain the origin of the word Borobudur. One of them states that the name is probably derived from the word Sambharabhudhara, which means "mountain" (bhudara) where the slopes are located terraces. In addition there are several other folk etymology. Suppose Borobudur word derived from the words "the Buddha" is due to shift the sound becomes Borobudur. Another explanation is that the word is derived from the word bara Borobudur and budur. Bara / vihara means temple complex and budur or beduhur means above or hill. So, Borobudur could be interpreted as a temple complex located on the hill.

Borobudur Temple building area is 123 x 123 m with a building height of 34.5 m and has 1460 reliefs, 504 Buddha statues, and 72 stupas. Borobudur has 10 levels (representing ten Bodhisattva levels which must pass to reach the perfection of the Buddha). The 10 levels consists of 6 levels of a square, circular level 3 circular and a main stupa as a peak. From the information that writers get, it turns out in Borobudur Temple contained an ancient lake that has a width of approximately 8 kilometers. And it was about 10 thousand years ago or Kala Late Pleistocene. The lake was lost due to natural processes and non-naturally due to the silting process. Can be observed from lake sediment covering material that is the result of volcanic activity, tectonic movement period of soil and rock, as well as human activity. Even the environmental footprint of the lake also can be traced from the temple reliefs and troponin which indicate the presence of a lake environment.

If you visit these places, do not forget to bring an umbrella and a hat, and wear sunblock to your skin is not sunburned, because the weather in the region can be said to be very hot. But if you do not want to bother carrying an umbrella from the house, near the entrance of many rental umbrellas which you can rent for 5-10rb.