THE BOROBUDUR TEMPLE MIRACLE

THE BOROBUDUR TEMPLE MIRACLE

Borobodur temple  is the largest Buddhist monument in the world. Built during the Sailendra dynasty king Samaratungga of the 824. Borobudur was built 300 years before Angkor Wat in Cambodia and 400 years before the great cathedrals of Europe.Borobudur has an area of 123 x 123 square meters with 504 Buddha statues, stupas overlay 72, and 1 main stupa. This temple beraksitektur shape that reflects the influence of the Indian Gupta. After visiting here, you will understand why Borobudur has an attraction for visitors and an icon of Indonesia's cultural heritage.

International agencies of the UN, which UNESCO recognized at once praised the Borobudur Temple as one of the largest Buddhist monument in the world. In this temple there are 2,672 relief panels which when arranged in rows, then the length is 6 km. Relief is the most complete ensembles in the world and incomparable artistic value, and each scene is a complete masterpiece.

Since the mid-9th century until the early 11th century, Borobudur became a Buddhist pilgrims from China, India, Tibet, and Cambodia. Borobudur Temple became one of the most important historical traces in the development of human civilization. Pomp and grandeur of Borobudur temple architecture is marvelous world treasure and priceless.

 Borobudur consists of 1,460 relief panels and 504 stupas. However, the panel that are seen apparently not complete because there are 160 panels were deliberately dumped because the relief was considered vulgar and obscene. The panels were located at the very bottom, contains scenes Silk Karmawibhangga (causation). There is also a state that hoarding is to reinforce the bottom part of the foundation since its inception has been greatly damaged.

Borobudur was built over 75 years under the leadership of architect Gunadarma with 60,000 cubic meters of volcanic rock from Elo and Progo River, located approximately 2 km east of the temple. At that time, the metric system is not yet known and the unit of length that is used to build the temple of Borobudur is a tuning calculated by stretching the thumb and middle finger, or measure the length of the hair from the forehead to the base of the chin.

Based on the inscriptions Karangtengah and Kahulunan, historian JG Casparis estimate Borobudur is the founder of the ancient Mataram kings of the Sailendra dynasty named Samaratungga and building this temple around 824 AD huge building that can only be resolved at the time of her daughter, Queen Pramudawardhani. Borobudur construction is expected to take half a century.

At first, this temple is estimated as a place of worship. J.G. Casparis estimates that Bhumi Sambhāra Bhudhāra in Sanskrit which means "Mount of the set of ten levels boddhisattwa virtue", was the original name of Borobudur. Most historians also stating that the name of Borobudur is derived from Sanskrit, the "Vihara Buddha Uhr" meaning "Buddhist Monastery on the Mount".

This temple is located in Central Java, on a hilltop overlooking lush rice fields in the hills tenuous. Coverage area is very large, measuring 123 x 123 square meters. Borobudur turns built on an ancient lake. In the past, the region is the estuary of the various streams. Because the sediment buried lava became plains. At the end of the eighth century, King Samaratungga of the Sailendra dynasty and then build the temple of Borobudur, led architect named Gunadharma finite completion Saka year 746 or 824 AD.

This monument is a stunning Buddhist architecture and the second largest after Ankor Wat temple in Cambodia. Borobudur Temple building area is 15,129 square meters, composed of 55,000 m³ of rock, consisting of 2 million pieces of rocks. The average stone size of 25 x 10 x 15 cm. Stone pieces overall length of 500 km with a total weight of 1.3 million tons of rock. The walls of the Borobudur Temple is surrounded by pictures or reliefs which is composed of a series of stories in 1460 panels.

The length of each panel 2 meters. So if the circuit relief is stretched, then more or less long relief totaled 3 km. The temple has 10 levels, where the rate of 1-6 square, while the rate of 7-10 round. Statues found around the temple buildings totaling 504 units. Meanwhile, the high temple of the ground to the tip of the main stupa was 42 meters, but now live 34.5 yards after being struck by lightning. The top part at the 10th level there is a large stupa diameter of 9.90 m with a height of 7 meters.