borobudur temple

hay guys....

well suddenly i remember about my trip to YOGYAKARTA last year, i went there with my friend :D

well there is one place no mybe two places that i want to share to all of you who read my blog,, they are borobudur temple and prambanan temple,

lets start with borobudur temple first...

Borobudur, or Barabudur, 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 statues seated inside perforated stupa.

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 circumambulatingthe monument while ascending to the top through the three levels of Buddhist cosmology, namely Kāmadhātu (the world of desire), Rupadhatu (the world of forms) and Arupadhatu (the world of formlessness). During the journey the monument guides the pilgrims through a system of stairways and corridors with 1,460 narrative relief panels on the wall and thebalustrades.

Evidence suggests Borobudur was abandoned following 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. 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 Borobudur is Indonesia's single most visited tourist attraction.

source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borobudur

the location of borobudur temple can u see in this map

ok new let me tell you my experience in borobudur temple,

when we arrived there (me and my friend) waow the weather was very hot, the sunshine very shining that we had to use umbrella to protect ourself from the sunshine, its true the sunshine can burn ur skin very fast,( for those who want to burn their skin into tan i recommended to take sunbath here phiww)

phiww it was really hot -,-

then after rent an umbrella, u can see the stairs behind us, woah its really long staires until we reach the top of the temple, i felt like "omg im climbing the temple mountain", so tiring and... sst i ill tell you my secret when i climbed this stairs, i thought i would passed out because of the heat and the height fiuhh but i kept struggle hohahahah my friend also kept struggle to climbed this stairs hahaha

but it paid when we reached the top of the temple, um it was so relaxing, and cool, windy, and so on, hahah

and we took some photos when we reached the top of the temple

they are my friend haha (dont imitate what they do! lol its dangerous they r naughty) :p no offense lol

this is me and my friend on the top of borobudur temple, looks great huh? hahahha

well i think thats enough for the picture,, all i can say is this is an amazing experince to go there, walked there and climbed the freaking long stairs also, hahaha but after all it was very wonderful, like i say Indonesia have many wonderful places to go, this one is one of the best places to go in Indonesia

thank you for reading, see in wonderful places YOGYAKARTA part two,,