Plan of Borobudur:
Width: 123 m
Original height: 42 m
Present height: 31.5 m
Used material: 55000 m3
504 Buddha statues
Height of a statue: 1.5m
'Arupadhatu' section (the sphere of formlessness):
72 trellised stupas
1 large central stupa
'Rupadhatu' section (the sphere of form):
4 galleries with 1300 picturial reliefs
with a total length of 2.5km and 1212 decorative panels |
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The colossal cosmic mountain is one of humanity's most imposing creations -nothing else like it exists.
This is the largest Buddhist temple in the world and the oldest in South East Asia. Built with more than 2,000,000 cubic feet of stone, Borobodur is the biggest ancient monument in the Southern Hemisphere.The temple has a specific shape close to a stepped pyramid and not the traditional enclosed sanctuary, housing the representation of a deity. The silhouette was clearly meant to suggest a mountain.
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Borobodur
