The Natural and Largest buddhist temple in the world
The largest Buddhist temple in the world is Borobudur, near Yogyakarta,
central Java, Indonesia, built between AD 750 and 842. The 60,000 m³-
(2,118,880 ft³-) stone structure is 34.5 m (113 ft) tall and its base
measures 123 x 123 m (403 x 403 ft).
History behind the temple:
Borobudur. ... (Indonesian:Candhi
Barabudhur) is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang,
Central Java, Indonesia, and the world's largest Buddhist temple. The
temple consists of nine stacked platforms, six square and three
circular, topped by a central dome. It is decorated with 2,672 relief
panels and 504 Buddha statues.
There are no known records of construction or the intended purpose of Borobudur.The duration of construction has been estimated by comparison of carved reliefs on the temple's hidden foot and the inscriptions commonly used in royal charters during the 8th and 9th centuries.
Structure:
The Borobudur Temple Compounds consists of three monuments: namely
the Borobudur Temple and two smaller temples situatued to the east on a
straight axis to Borobudur. The two temples are Mendut Temple, whose
depiction of Buddha is represented by a formidable monolith accompanied
by two Bodhisattvas, and Pawon Temple, a smaller temple whose inner
space does not reveal which deity might have been the object of worship.
Those three monuments represent phases in the attainment of Nirvana.
The temple was used as a Buddhist temple from its construction until
sometime between the 10th and 15th centuries when it was abandoned.
Since its re-discovery in the 19th century and restoration in the 20th
century, it has been brought back into a Buddhist archaeological site.
