Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Candi Borobudur

Borobudur temple is located in the northwest of Yogyakarta and around 40 km to the trip by car or motorcycle.

As is already known by the world, Yogyakarta is a tourist destination for domestic tourists and foreign tourists. Each year, Yogyakarta visited by foreign tourists and the Borobudur Temple is one of tourism object visited by foreign tourists.

Borobudur temple is a Buddhist religious monument built on the 9 th century by the king Samaratungga. Borobudur Temple is very beautiful, very imposing architecture and is one of the wonders of the world.
Borobudur is a tourism object that is very famous around the world, many people who feel not satisfied in their life if they have not come to Borobudur.

Form of Borobudur Temple is stratified and consists of 10 levels, namely:
Six lower-level part is shaped squares
Three level above has a form of circle
One level is the highest form of a statue of Buddha

Each level is a symbol of the stages of human life, symbolizing that everyone who wants to reach the level of Buddha should be through all levels of life.

Borobudur temple is often used as a place to celebrate the Day Waisak. Waisak is one of the Buddhist feast.

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