Borobudur Temple is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist monument located in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. It consists of six square platforms topped by three circular platforms decorated with over 2,600 relief panels and 500 Buddha statues. The monument guides Buddhist pilgrims on a journey through the levels of Buddhist cosmology from the base to the top. It was lost for centuries after the decline of Buddhism in Java until being rediscovered in 1814 and has since undergone major restorations.

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9. Borobudur
Temple
By Pramesti Widya Utami

10. Borobudur Temple is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist
monument near Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia.
The monument comprises six square platforms topped by
three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief
panels and 504 Buddha statues. A main dome, located at
the center of the top platform, is surrounded by 72 Buddha

11. The monument is both a shrine to
the Lord Buddha and a place for
Buddhist pilgrimage. The journey
for pilgrims begins at the base of
the monument and follows a path
circumambulating the monument
while ascending to the top through
the three levels of Buddhist
cosmology, namely Kamadhattu
(the world of desire), Rupadhatu
(the world of forms) and
Arupadhatu (the world of

12. the 14th-century decline of Buddhist and Hindu kingdoms
in Java, and the Javanese conversion to Islam.
Worldwide knowledge of its existence was sparked in
1814 by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, then the British
ruler of Java, who was advised of its location by native
Indonesians.

13. Borobudur has since been preserved through several
restorations. The largest restoration project was
undertaken between 1975 and 1982 by the Indonesian
government and UNESCO, following which the monument
was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Borobudur
is still used for pilgrimage; once a year Buddhists in
Indonesia celebrate Vesak at the monument, and

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