Borobudur temple is a tourist spot that is often visited

Candi Borobudur is a Buddhist temple located in Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The temple is located about 100 km southwest of Semarang, 86 km west of Surakarta and 40 km northwest of Yogyakarta. This temple with its many stupas was founded by followers of Mahayana Buddhism around 800 AD during the reign of the Shailendra dynasty. Borobudur is the largest Buddhist temple or shrine in the world and he one of the largest Buddhist monuments in the world.

This monument consists of his six square terraces with three circular courtyards, the walls of which are decorated with his 2,672 relief panels and originally housed his 504 Buddha statues. Borobudur has the most complete and largest collection of Buddhist reliefs in the world. The largest main stupa is located in the center and crowns this building, surrounded by three circular rows of 72 perforated stupas in which there is a Buddha statue sitting cross-legged in a perfect lotus position with the Dharmachakra mudra (turning the wheel of dharma).

This monument is a model of the universe and was built as a holy place to glorify Buddha as well as to function as a place of pilgrimage to guide mankind from worldly desires to enlightenment and wisdom according to Buddhist teachings.[5] Pilgrims enter via the east side and start the ritual at the base of the temple by walking around this sacred building in a clockwise direction, while continuing to climb the next steps through three levels of realms in Buddhist cosmology. The three levels are Kāmadhātu (the realm of lust), Rupadhatu (the realm of form), and Arupadhatu (the realm of intangibility). On their way the pilgrims walk through a series of aisles and stairs to witness no less than 1,460 beautiful relief panels engraved on the walls and balustrades.

According to historical evidence, Borobudur was abandoned in the 10th century as the center of the Ancient Mataram Kingdom was moved to East Java by Pu Sindok.The world began to realize the existence of this building since it was discovered in 1814 by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, who at that time served as Governor General of England over Java. Since then, Borobudur has undergone many rescue and restoration efforts. Under the efforts of the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and UNESCO, the largest restoration project was carried out from 1975 to 1982, after which the historic site was inscribed on the World Heritage List.