Borobudur at a glance
Welcome to Chandi Borobudur, one of the sacred buildings of Buddhism as a World Cultural Heritage site. The splendor and beauty of Borobudur has its own historical value for Indonesian people. The government has designated Borobudur as a major tourist attraction, a priority tourist destination for local and foreign visitors.
Traveling and visiting Borobudur have enthusiasm aims to know its monument more closely, learn about its history and admire the splendor and beauty of architectural art, as an appreciation and participation in maintaining and protecting the world cultural heritage site of Borobudur.
Your journey to Borobudur will send to an excellent trip with the hospitality of Pamong Carita who will guide you on a special tour to visit and explore history, admiring the beauty of the arts and architecture of Chandi Borobudur more closely.
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Borobudur's stupa Source: Guiding technique Chandi Borobudur arisguide. Foto arisguide. |
Step into Borobudur
Borobudur is a world cultural heritage site, the Mahayana Buddhist temple is located in Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The location of the temple is approximately 99 kilometers southwest of Semarang, 86 kilometers west of Surakarta, and 40 kilometers northwest of Yogyakarta City.
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Welcome to Borobudur Source: Guiding technique Chandi Borobudur arisguide. Foto screenshot arisguide. |
Borobudur
A Buddhist temple Borobudur is located on a hill on a plain and surrounded by several mountains and volcanoes; Mount Sundoro - Sumbing to the northwest and Merbabu - Merapi to the northeast, to the north there is the Tidar hill, and to the south there is the Menoreh hill range, and is located near the confluence of two rivers, namely Progo and Elo River to the east.
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Borobudur viewed from Dagi hill Source: Guiding technique Chandi Borobudur arisguide. Foto arisguide. |
Barabudur or as it is called Borobudur, the sacred temple of Buddhists. Mentioning the name of the Borobudur, it comes from two words originally, namely the word 'bara' comes from the word 'monastery' which means a place of worship for Buddhists or temple, and the word 'budur' comes from the Balinese word 'beduhur' which means 'above' or 'hill'. So the meaning of the words 'bara and beduhur' changed into BaraBudur, because the sound shifted to Borobudur, which means temple or monastery on a hill.
Borobudur is a Mahayana Buddhist temple which consists of nine terraces, six square terraces and three circular platforms, and there is the main largest stupa in the middle, which is surrounded by 72 perforated stupas, and decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues.
Borobudur Temple was built in the 9th century during the glory of the Sailendra Dynasty. This magnificent building is designed with Javanese Buddhist architecture, which combines the native Indonesian culture, namely ancestor worship and the Buddhist concept of achieving Nirvana.
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Stupa Borobudur Source: Guiding technique Chandi Borobudur arisguide. Foto screenshot arisguide. |
Borobudur has a model of the universe and was built as a holy place to glorify Buddha as well as functioning as a place of pilgrimage to guide humanity from the realm of worldly desires to enlightenment and highest wisdom in accordance with Buddhist teachings.
Borobudur is a Buddhist temple or shrine in the form of a stupa which was founded by followers of Mahayana Buddhism around 800 AD during the reign of the Syailendra dynasty. This monument consists of six square terraces topped with three circular courtyards. The walls are decorated with 2,672 relief panels and originally there were 504 Buddha statues. Borobudur has the most complete and largest collection of Buddhist reliefs in the world.
The largest main stupa is located in the center and crowns this building, surrounded by three circular rows of 72 perforated stupas in which there is a Buddha statue sitting cross-legged in a perfect lotus position with the Dharmachakra mudra (turning the wheel of dharma).
This monument is a model of the universe and was built as a holy place to glorify Buddha as well as functioning as a place of pilgrimage to guide mankind from the realm of worldly desires to enlightenment and wisdom according to Buddhist teachings.
Pilgrims enter from the east side and begin the ritual at the base of the temple by walking in a clockwise direction around this sacred building, climbing the next steps through the three realms of Buddhist cosmology. The three levels are Kamadhatu (the realm of lust), Rupadhatu (the realm of form), and Arupadhatu (the realm of intangibility).
On their way, pilgrims walk through a series of hallways and stairs, seeing no less than 1,460 beautiful relief panels carved on the walls and the balustrades.
According to history, Borobudur was abandoned in the 14th century as the influence of Hindu and Buddhist kingdoms in Java weakened and the influence of Islam entered. The world began to become aware of it when it was discovered in 1814 by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, who at that time served as British Governor General of Java.
Borobudur has experienced a series of major rescue and restoration efforts carried out in the period 1975 to 1982 through the efforts of the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and UNESCO, then this historic site was included in the list of World Heritage Sites.
According to Javanese legend, the area known as the Kedu plain is a place that is considered sacred in Javanese belief and is revered as the 'Garden of the island of Java' because of its natural beauty and fertile land.
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Menoreh hill is the story of architect Borobudur Source: Guiding technique Chandi Borobudur arisguide. Foto screenshot arisguide. |
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Main stupa viewed from terrace of Rupadhatu Source: Guiding technique Chandi Borobudur arisguide. Foto screenshot arisguide. |
Source: Guide Book arisguide. Guidance Techniques Chandi Borobudur arisguide.
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Chandi Borobudur The Mahayana Buddhist monument, the UNESCO World heritage Site. Source: Guiding technique Chandi Borobudur arisguide. Foto arisguide. |
Borobudur Temple is a Mahayana Buddhist temple, built in the 9th century during the reign of the Sailendra dynasty, designed in the form of Javanese Buddhist architecture, which combines the original Indonesian culture of ancestor worship and the Buddhist concept of achieving Nirvana. |
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