BOROBUDUR

BOROBUDUR
 Currently, Borobudur has become a tourist attraction that attracts many tourists both local and foreign. In addition, Borobudur has become a holy place for Buddhists in Indonesia and became the center of the most important annual celebration of the Buddhist Vesak.

Borobudur become one of the greatness and the evidence of human intelligence ever made in Indonesia. Borobudur become the main tourist attraction and cultural in Indonesia besides Bali and Jakarta. After visiting the Borobudur, you can also visit the surrounding villages like Karanganyar which has some interesting sights.

  Borobudur is the biggest temple in Indonesia. Borobudur temple is located in Magelang, Central Java, in addition to being a tourist attraction visited, also a center of worship for Buddhists in Indonesia, especially at every celebration of Vesak. This is consistent with the meaning of his name is "monastery in the hills". Borobudur Currently established as one of the UNESCO World Heritage.

 HISTORY: Borobudur was built around the year 800 AD or the 9th century. Borobudur Temple was built by the adherents of Mahayana Buddhism during the reign of Dynasty Syailendra. This temple was constructed during the dynasty Syailendra success. Namely Borobudur Temple founder King Samaratungga originating from or dynasty dynasty Syailendra. The possibility of this temple was built around the year 824 CE and completed around by year's 900 AD during the reign of Queen Pramudawardhani who is the daughter of Samaratungga. While the architects who build this temple served according to the story of hereditary named Gunadharma.


 Borobudur own words based on the first written evidence which was written by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles , Governor General of United Kingdom in Java , which gave the name of this temple . There is no written evidence that older who gave the name to this temple Borobudur . The only documents which show the existence oldest temple is Nagarakretagama book , written by MPU prapanca in 1365 . In the book it is written that this temple was used as a place of Buddhist meditation .Meaning of the name Borobudur is " monastery in the hills " , which is derived from the word "coal" ( temple or monastery ) and " beduhur " ( hills or high places ) in Sanskrit . Therefore, in accordance with the meaning of the name Borobudur , then this place since formerly used as places of Buddhist worship .This temple for centuries no longer used . Then as volcanic eruptions , most of the buildings covered Borobudur volcanic soil . In addition , the building is also covered with various trees and shrubs for centuries . Then the building of this temple began forgotten in the time Islam arrived in Indonesia around the 15th century .In 1814 when the British occupied Indonesia , Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles heard of the discovery of huge archaeological objects in the village of Magelang Bumisegoro . Due to the great interest of the history of Java , then immediately ordered Raffles HC Cornelius , a Dutch engineer , to investigate the discovery of the location was 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 was fragile and could collapse , then report to the Raffles Cornelius invention includes several images . Because of that discovery , Raffles was awarded as the man who started the restoration of Borobudur temple and got the attention of the world . In 1835 , the whole area of ​​the temple has been excavated . The temple is kept restored in the Dutch colonial period .After Indonesia's independence , in 1956 , the Indonesian government requested the assistance of UNESCO to examine the damage to Borobudur . Then in 1963 , ruling out the official Indonesian government to conduct the restoration of Borobudur temple with the help of UNESCO . However, this restoration was only really started on August 10, 1973 . New restoration process was completed in 1984 . Since 1991 , Borobudur designated as World Heritage or World Heritage Site by UNESCO .