Borobudur Temple

Borobudur temple is the world's largest Buddhist temple and one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world . It was built in the ninth century under Sailendra dynasty of ancient Mataram kingdom. Borobudur is located in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The first five terraces surrounded by walls that is decorated by relief and Buddhist sculpture. The upper three are circular with a circle of bell shaped-stupa. The entire upper structure is crowned by a large stupa at the center of the top circle. The way to the summit extends through some 4.8 km of passage and stairways. The monument's three divisions symbolize the three "realms" of Buddhist cosmology, namely Kamadatu (the world of desires), Rupadatu (the world of forms), and Arupadathu (the formless world). K amadhatu , represents respectively the sphere of desires where we are bound to our desires. R upadhatu , represents forms where we abandon our desires but a...