Borobudur temple

Description:
Borobudur, also known as Borobudur (Indonesian: Candi Borobudur), is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency, Indonesia, near the cities of Magelang and Muntilan. It is the largest Buddhist temple in the world. The temple is made up of nine stacked platforms, six square, and three round, with a central dome on top. It has 2,672 relief panels and was previously home to 504 Buddha statues. The center dome is encircled by 72 Buddha sculptures, each of which is situated within a perforated stupa.

Borobudur was built in the eighth century and abandoned during the 14th-century decline of Hindu kingdoms in Java and the Javanese adoption of Islam. Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, then the British governor of Java, who was informed of its discovery by native Indonesians, triggered worldwide awareness of its presence in 1814. Borobudur has since been restored multiple times. The major restoration project (the second restoration project of Borobudur) was finished in 1983 by the Indonesian government and UNESCO, followed by the monument's classification as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.