Borobudur and the sorrounding

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Built in between 750 and 850 AD by the Buddhist Syailendra dynasty, Borobudur becomes one of the greatest Buddhist relics in South East Asia. The two other are Cambodia’s Angkor Wat and Myanmar’s Bagan. Borobudur was lay forgotten for centuries, burried under layers of volcanic ash, until when it was foundin 1815 when Raffles governed Java. Some restorations project since the early of 20th century to the 1983 have made the Borobudur stands gloriously today.

To the east of Borobudur, there are two other temples being part of the complex, Pawon and Mendut.Pawon temples was dedicated to Kuvera, the Buddhist god of fortune. While in Mendhut temple, the Buddha sits in western-style with both feet on the ground, instead of in usual lotus sits position. Next to the temple is the Buddhist monastery. It’s  less then 10 minutswalk to these temples from Borobudur.

Lies in 42 km to the nort-west of Jogja, Borobudur, Pawon and Mendut can be reach of about 1.5 hours –Rp.5.000 paid –by direct buses from Umbulharjo Jogja’s main bus terminal and also from the smaller bus terminal, Jombor, in Magelang street. The temple is less than 15 minut’s walk from the Borobudur bus terminal. For another option, travel agents at the Prawirotaman Or Sosrowijayan arrange tours of Borobudur. The temple site is open daily from 6 am to 5 pm.

At the east surrounding of Borobudur, there also many ruins of temples that have not been restore. Hindu’s temples are Gunung Sari, Gunung Wukir and the Sengi complex. Some others of buddhist temples : Ngawen, asu, Pendem and Lumbung.

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