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    Borobudur is the largest Buddhist temple in Indonesia, located in Magelang, Central Java. It was built around 800 AD by the Sailendra dynasty and is a popular tourist attraction and place of worship. The temple fell into disrepair after being covered by volcanic eruptions and vegetation for centuries. It was rediscovered in 1814 when Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles ordered its excavation and restoration, bringing it back to global attention. Borobudur remains an important center of Buddhism in Indonesia.

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    Borobudur is the largest Buddhist temple in Indonesia, located in Magelang, Central Java. It was built around 800 AD by the Sailendra dynasty and is a popular tourist attraction and place of worship. The temple fell into disrepair after being covered by volcanic eruptions and vegetation for centuries. It was rediscovered in 1814 when Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles ordered its excavation and restoration, bringing it back to global attention. Borobudur remains an important center of Buddhism in Indonesia.

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    Borobudur is the largest Buddhist temple in Indonesia, located in Magelang, Central Java. It was built around 800 AD by the Sailendra dynasty and is a popular tourist attraction and place of worship. The temple fell into disrepair after being covered by volcanic eruptions and vegetation for centuries. It was rediscovered in 1814 when Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles ordered its excavation and restoration, bringing it back to global attention. Borobudur remains an important center of Buddhism in Indonesia.

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    Candi Borobudur

    Borobudur is the largest temple in Indonesia. Candi Borobudur is located in Magelang, Central
    Java, in addition to being a bustling tourist attraction, is also a center of worship for Buddhists in
    Indonesia, especially in every celebration of Vesak. This is consistent with the meaning of its
    name is “monastery in the hills”. Borobudur is currently designated as one of the UNESCO
    World Heritage.

    Borobudur was built around 800 BC or 9th century. Borobudur was built by the followers of the
    Mahayana agamaBuddha during the reign of the Sailendra dynasty. This temple was built in the
    heyday of the Sailendra dynasty. Borobudur founder, King Samaratungga from dynastic or
    Sailendra dynasty. The possibility of this temple was built around 824 AD and was completed
    around the year 900 AD during the reign of Queen Pramudawardhani who is the daughter of
    Samaratungga. While the architects who contributed to build this temple according to the story
    of hereditary named Gunadharma.

    The word Borobudur itself by first written evidence written by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the
    Governor General of Great Britain in Java, which gave the name of this temple. There is no
    written evidence that older who gave it the name Borobudur temple. The only documents that
    indicate the existence oldest temple is Nagarakretagama book, which was written by MPU
    Prapanca in 1365. In the book written that the temple was used as a place of Buddhist
    meditation.

    The meaning of the name Borobudur “monastery in the hills”, which is derived from the word
    “bara” (temple or monastery) and “beduhur” (hills or high place) in Sanskrit. Therefore, in
    accordance with the meaning of the name Borobudur, then this place since it was used as a place
    of Buddhist worship.

    This temple for centuries no longer used. Then because of volcanic eruptions, most of the
    buildings covered Borobudur volcanic soil. In addition, the building is covered with trees and
    shrubs for centuries. Then the building of this temple began to be forgotten in the days of Islam
    arrived in Indonesia around the 15th century.
    In 1814 when the British occupied Indonesia, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles heard of the
    discovery of giant archaeological object in the village Bumisegoro Magelang. Due to the great
    interest the history of Java, then immediately ordered Raffles HC Cornelius, a Dutch engineer, to
    investigate the discovery of the location it is a hill covered with shrubs.

    Cornelius assisted by about 200 men cut down trees and remove shrubs that covered the giant
    building. Because the building is already fragile and could collapse, then report to the Raffles
    Cornelius invention includes several images. Because of the discovery, Raffles was honored as
    the person who started the restoration of Borobudur and got the attention of the world. In 1835,
    the entire area of the temple has been excavated. The temple continues restored the Dutch
    colonial period.

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