The history of Borobudur Temple

History tells us Borobudur is the largest temple ever built for the worship of Buddha. Located in front of the building reaches a height of 14,000 square meters, with an enrollment of up to 35.29 Cri Kahulu ninth century (824 AD), which has been investigated by Prof. Dr. JG Casparis, discovering genealogical Wangs Dynasty successive three of the following, who ruled from in those days, King Indra, the Samaratungga child. Later he called his daughter Samaratungga Pramodawardhani.

Earlier this king built a temple called Samaratungga: bhumis-Bharabudhara, it probably means that the aircraft cart, hill or building monasteries Kamula Bhumisambharabudhara calls are identified to have a sixth sense that they have an ancient temple and the dynasty of the dynasty in the mountains.

The location of the temple is located in the hills above the village of Borobudur, Mungkid, Magelang, or 42 km north of the city of Yogyakarta. Surrounded Manoreh hill running east to west. While on the east side is Mount Merapi and merbau, and West Sindora Gunumg cracks and mountains.

What is needed is not less than 2 million stone blocks of andesite or equal to 50,000 square Borobudur Temple for its construction. The total weight of the temple to reach 3.5 million tons. Like most buildings of the temple has three parts of the building Bororbudur, ie legs, and upper body. Foot building called Kamadhatu, which tells the history of consciousness full of lust and animal features. Then Ruphadatu which means a level of human consciousness still bound by lust, materials and shapes. Although passions must not represent more Aruphadatu, materials and shapes in the form of a main stupa empty. This can be achieved only with the desire and emptiness.

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