Place:
This temple is on Borobudur district, south of like long, central Java.

HISTORY:
On the basis of the inscription from the year 842 n. Chr., Casparis suggested that Borobudur was once a place of the prayer. The inscription explains, a formulation how: " i Kawulan Bhumi Sambhara". Kawulan is " the origin of the holyness; , bhumi sambhara" the name of a place is in Borobudur. Paul Mus Borobudur temple explains that the structure of the Stupa (conical form had) with double expression. As a whole, the Borobudur temple was an open dwelling Stupa, but on the other side the temple brought the idea of one " closed Welt". To feel the second expression, if one already into the temple. If person is limited within the temple, its opinion high walls fully to exonerative, the Veranda is always in a way that one could not see, other parts of the temple, also in a floor in the square.
The same happens, if a feeling stood on arupadhatu round platform, it or it a more comprehensive view only on this level will have, but not in the situation on the lower level does not see still the upper level as on rupadhatu and kamandhatu. One could say that Borobudur a symbol the cosmic mountain the sky roof, a certain world, which could be achieved by insulating lanes as stages is taken off. The closed construction of the temple expressed the concept of a closed world, not only technical creating like it also of other expert (RK Daud, 1987 suggested) Borobudur was built by Sanmaratungga in the 8th century and belonged to the Buddha Mahayana. Borobudur was revealed by sir Thomas Stanford Raffles in the year 1814. The temple was found and buried in the destroyed condition.

DESCRIPTION:
The overall height amounts to 42 meters, but only 34.5 meters after the restoration, and had the dimension of 123 x of 123 meters (15,129 square meters). Were 10 floors. In the first stick into the sixth stick was square form, the seventh up to the tenth stick became round form. Borobudur is confronted in the east with a total area of 1460 plates (2 meters wide everyone).
Total volume of the walls of the temple became 2500 square meter, fully relief. The total number of the plates with relief was 1212. After the investigations the total number of the Buddha-Statue was 504 including the intact and damaged statues. The temple submitted restoration from 1905 to 1910, and the last restoration was done 1973 to 1983. Since the first excavation, speculated most experts upon the exact form of the temple. Hoenig, in its book " The problem of form of the Borobudur" assume that the original form had Borobudur temples four gates and nine floors.
The form Borobudur temples is found as the temples in Kambodscha similar. After Parmenteir, the only large Stupa on the temple from the smaller Stupas in the lower part saw drowned above. Stutterheim had studied, Stupas in India and other parts of Asia conclusion that the Stupa was structure Indian origin. The original purpose of the Stupa building became as storage of Gautama Buddha and other holy priest burn ashes. After Stutterheim, the general form of Borobudur temple is a combination of zigurat (center Asian Pyramid) and Indian Stupa. Stutterheim statement was supported by the existence of this kind of form in Ancient Javanisch literature.
The freeing from Borobudur temple began from the basis of the temple up to fourth platform. Exonerative at the basis contain the history of Karmawibhangga. Under the main window and over the Karmawibhangga relief, a broad middle relief was at the wall inscripted. From this point along the lane the freeing does not have to show history in the succession, but as a repeating part of history with the same motives, those the world of the spirituellen natures as a half dämonische body expressed (Gandharwa, giants or Yataka, kites, Sidha or angels and its ladies of friends, Apsara and Nagi, everything of them are heavenly natures, which are gentle and beautiful. Division of the panels are: the first panel to the expression an heavenly nature in sitting on both sides of the panel are small plate with a small statue. These numbers are 26 times repetitive for each side of the wall. Between the plates cut three mechanisms, male, are flanked by two women.