9 Interesting Facts about Borobudur Temple 1. Borobudur temple was built between 8th century and 9th century, 300 years before Angkor Wat in Cambodia and 400 years before the great cathedrals in Europe. 2. Borobudur temple occupies 123x123 m2 and is decorated with 504 Buddha statues, 72 perforated stupas and 1 main stupa. UNESCO acknowledges it as one of the biggest Buddhist monuments in the world. 3. Borobudur temple comprises 2672 relief panels, and if they are arranged in parallel, the length will reach 6 kilometers! UNESCO recognize it as the biggest and most complete Buddhist relief ensemble in the world which is unequaled in terms of art value in which each single scene is an intact masterpiece. 4. Borobudur temple was made of 60,000 m3 of volcanic stones from Elo and Progo river which are located about 2 km east of the temple. 5. Borobudur temple has 100 water gutters in form of makara (elephant headed fish statue) as drainage channels as well as to beautify the temple decoration. In the past, the rainwater ran through makara would be likely as a fountain. 6. Borobudur temple is a giant puzzle composed by two million volcanic stone cubes which are carved in such a way to interlock each other. 7. Back at the time when the metric system had not yet discovered, the length measurement unit applied to build Borobudur temple was by extending the thumb and middle finger or by measuring the length of hair from the forehead to the chin. 8. Borobudur temple was build for 75 years under the supervision of an architect named Gunadharma, of course with no computer assistance at all. 9. From the mid of 9th century until the beginning of 11th century, Borobudur temple became a Buddhist pilgrimage destination of people from China, India, Tibet and Cambodia
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