Borobudur
Ancient site
The largest Buddhist temple in the world, on the island of Java.
Borobudur on the island of Java was built in the eighth and ninth centuries from about two million blocks of stone. From above it looks like a giant drawing of the Buddhist universe.
Pilgrims walk round and round, up through nine levels, past 2,672 carved panels and 504 statues of the Buddha. For centuries the temple lay hidden under volcanic ash and jungle.
- Buddha statues
- 504
- carved panels
- 2,672
- levels
- 9
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It was built without any mortar: the stones lock together like pieces of a puzzle.
- 2
On the top terraces stand 72 stone bells with holes in them. In each one sits a Buddha.
- 3
It was found again in 1814, overgrown and half buried.
Question 1 of 2
On which island is Borobudur?
- Angkor WatThe largest temple complex in the world, in the Cambodian jungle.
- Chocolate HillsMore than a thousand round hills in the Philippines that turn brown in the dry season.
- UluruA giant red rock in the heart of Australia.
- Ha Long BayA green sea dotted with more than 1,600 limestone islands.
It is in Indonesia.
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