When I arrived at the Borobudur Temple in Java, I distinctly remember being amazed by its grandeur and the spiritual aura you feel when you stand atop of the hilltop, looking out over stupas and […] ...

1. No touching of the reliefs or statues. According to the Ministry of Culture website, Borobudur Temple has 1,460 panels of story reliefs arranged in 11 rows around the temple buildings and 1,212 ...

The Borobudur Temple Compounds is one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world, ... 72 stupas ajourés abritent autant de statues du Bouddha. Le temple a été restauré avec le concours de ...

Some 500 Buddha statues and 72 stupas – each containing a statue of the Buddha – are scattered around the stepped temple. The walls and balustrades are covered in more than 1,600 detailed ...

Standing on a hilltop in Central Java, Borobudur rises from the jungle, towering over the emerald rice fields and network of rural roads. At over 1,200 years old, the massive temple has weathered ...

A visit to Indonesia’s Borobudur Buddhist temple – the world’s largest – is a very different experience after new rules were imposed to preserve its ‘historic and cultural wealth’.

Borobudur Temple, 500 Buddha statues with over 2500 relief panels greet you at Candi Borobudur, the largest Buddhist temple built in the 9th century. Located in Central Java, there are over 70 ...

Borobudur temple, outside Yogyakarta, is the largest Buddhist temple in the world, decorated with 2,672 relief panels and, originally, 504 Buddha statues.

YOGYAKARTA - I'm tiptoeing reverentially around the Candi Borobudur temple, stopping to take in ancient stone panels and beautiful bell-shaped stupas, and to ponder the Buddha statues sitting in ...