Candi Borobudur

How world’s largest Buddhist temple in Indonesia has been reborn

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How world's largest Buddhist temple in Indonesia has been reborn

Seventy-two stupas grace three circular platforms at Candi Borobudur, the world’s largest Buddhist temple, located near the central Javanese city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. YOGYAKARTA – I’m tiptoeing reverentially around the Candi Borobudur temple, stopping to take in ancient stone panels and beautiful bell-shaped stupas, and to ponder the Buddha statues sitting in meditative repose. As … Read more

How world’s largest Buddhist temple in Indonesia has been reborn – new rules free Borobudur from curses of vandalism, graffiti, bottles of urine

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This exquisite Mahayana Buddhist temple near the central Javanese city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, is the biggest in the world, and dates to the eighth and ninth centuries. In its aesthetic, architecture, wisdom and history it is as superlatively astounding as those in Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple complex. Visitors are now only able to visit the … Read more