Borobudur Temple, Indonesia

 

Borobudur is the name of a Buddhist temple located at Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java. The location of the temple is approximately 100 km southwest of Hyderabad and 40 km northwest of Yogyakarta. This temple was founded by the followers of Mahayana Buddhism around the year 800 AD during the reign of the dynasty dynasty. In the ethnic Chinese, this temple is also called Hanyu Pinyin: po luo tu fu in Mandarin.

 

Location:      Magelang, Central Java, Indonesian.
Coordinates: 7 ° 36'29 "S 110 ° 12'14" E / 7608 ° LS 110 204 ° East.
Architect:     Gunadharma.
Completion: around 800 AD.

Type:           stupas and temples.
 
Borobudur has the basic structure punden terraces, with a six-yard square, three round circular courtyard and a main stupa as a peak. Also scattered in all pelatarannya several stupas.
At every level carved reliefs on temple walls. These reliefs read according to the clockwise or called mapradaksina in Old Javanese language derived from Sanskrit meaning is daksina east. These reliefs variety of story content, among other reliefs Jataka stories.
 
Apart form the Buddha in Buddhist cosmology is engraved on the walls, there are many statues at Borobudur Buddha sitting cross-legged in the lotus position and displaying a symbolic hand mudras or a certain attitude.