BOROBUDUR TEMPLE 2023 ~YOGYAKARTA ~ INDONESIA
BOROBUDUR TEMPLE 2023 ~YOGYAKARTA ~ INDONESIA
Borobudur Temple is the largest Buddhist temple in the world. Built in the 9th century. Borobudur Temple is one of the wonders of the world. Borobudur Temple is located approximately 100 km southwest of Semarang, 86 km west of Surakarta, and 40 km northwest of Yogyakarta. This temple with many stupas was founded by adherents of Mahayana Buddhism around the year 800 AD during the reign of the Syailendra dynasty. Borobudur is the largest Buddhist temple or shrine in the world, as well as one of the largest Buddhist monuments in the world.

5 AWESOME FACTS AT BOROBUDUR TEMPLE:
1. It is a very large Buddhist temple with an area of 123 meters x 123 meters.
2. Borobudur Temple is decorated with 2,672 relief panels which, when arranged in a row, reach 6 km in length. UNESCO hails it as the largest and most complete ensemble of Buddhist reliefs in the world, unparalleled in artistic value, each scene is a complete masterpiece.
3. Borobudur Temple is a giant puzzle composed of 2 million volcanic stone blocks carved in such a way that they interlock.
4. It took 55,000 cubic meters of volcanic rock to build Borobudur Temple.
5. It is estimated that it took 75 years to build Borobudur Temple.
(quoted from: yogyes.com)

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