The excavation of the monument, known as Borobudur, has been ordered by Sir ... a teahouse is built high on the crumbling central stupa. According to Asian art historian, Jan Fontein, "Many ...

With its innumerable stone reliefs, its stupas and masterly statues of Buddha, Borobudur is the greatest example of Indonesian religious art. The site was probably abandoned in the fifteenth century ...

Tourists come to these places as well as believers – often in great numbers.” The challenges were highlighted during the Waisak celebrations (for the Buddha’s birthday) held at Borobudur ...

The monument, or stupa, is decorated with well over a thousand stone relief carvings, and peopled with hundreds of statues of the Buddha. Borobudur is without question one of the great cultural ...

There are 10 tiers in this temple consisting of six square-shaped tiers, three circular tiers, and one main stupa at the top. Borobudur Temple is also equipped with four staircases located at the ...

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What to do Apart from Borobudur, you should also visit the “other” famous temple, Prambanan, a Unesco World Heritage Site. Other attractions include Keraton Yogyakarta, Malioboro (great for ...

Borobudur Temple’s base represents kamadhatu, the five square terraces represent rupadhatu and the three circular terraces ...

The Sunday of Orthodoxy is the first Sunday of Great Lent. The dominant theme of this Sunday since 843 has been that of the victory of the icons. In that year the iconoclastic controversy, which had ...

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