Borobudur Temple

Borobudur is one of the wonderful buildings on the world. It is located in Magelang, Central of Java, Indonesia. Borobudur is the biggest buddhist temple on the world. It was built on the plato between Merapi and Merbabu Mountain. When you enter to the front yard of it, you will find the step way that it looks like the ladder to the Borobudur temple. Its long is about 700 meters. There are three parts of this temple. The first is the foot of the temple, second is the body of the temple, and the last is the head of the temple or it is usually called Stupa.

On the foot of the temple you will find two lion statues. They are in the left and right of the step. The step is only for two people if they want to walk on it. The step is made of stone. There are some ornamens that explain about the story of the mataram kingdom or The Buddha story.

On the body of temple, there are some buddha statues round the edge of temple. In this place you see the scenary around the temple. It is the most favorite spot to take a picture.

On the top of the temple you will see the stupa. It has the shape like a triangle. It has the spiritual meaning for buddhist.

On the yard of the temple there are many souvenir seller as long as the exit way. The souvenirs are traditional clothes, temple miniatures, and the other accesories

A million people visit this temple every year and they are foreign and domestic to spend their holiday.