Surely, Borobudur was conceived as what it still is – the greatest of all Buddhist monuments and one of the wonder of the world. It was build around the beginning of th 9 th century by shailendra king . It is said that the master architect was gunadharma, whose profile is said to be repeated by the skyline of the Menoreh Hills that form a back drop to Borobudur. But there is neither legend nor record to tell the name of the king with any certainty.
The usual square or shallow cruciform base-plane of most Indonesian temple has been further developed in Borobudur, with two, not one, jutting additions to each side, so there are five long faces and four short returns to a side, with stairs set in the four central faces. From the ground, the four square galleries, one above the other, that follow the pattern, tend to obscure the round terraces that lie above, except perhaps for the top of the large central stupa. Yet, in fact, the square galleries may be said to be just the base of the entire structure. The body, that is, the part above the galleries, is composed of three round terraces, without decoration save for the rows of bell-like stupas they contain and the spire of the large stupa on top. The whole edifice rises up, pyramid fashion, one tier above the next, thus repeating the familiar steps of the typical Indonesian form for sacred structure
Temple Location by Bus/Car
Borobudur Temple : 11 Kilometres from Muntilan, 15 Kilometres from Magelang, From Yogyakarta turn Left past Muntilan, from Semarang via Magelang, turn left past Magelang.
