This is my entry for the #BeautifulSunday challenge, initiated by @ace108. Thanks, my friend!
And I'm also posting today inspired by #SublimeSunday, a tag from @c0ff33a! Thanks!
Today I'm writing about my visit to Borobudur Temple, in Central Java, Indonesia (#indonesia). This post is dedicated to @juancar347, because the dream commands life!
(Post in Portuguese soon ;)!)
Borobudur is the world’s largest Buddhist temple located in Central Java, Indonesia (2,500 m²). Dated from the 9th-century, is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
It’s built in six square terraces and, at the top, three circular ones. It has around 2.500 bas-relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. Each terrace has the number of Buddhas as seen in the photo below, and they are different from each other. Also, their hand's gestures have different meanings, from blessings to wisdom.
The bas-reliefs surface is 2,500 square meters and they are distributed at the hidden foot (Kāmadhātu) and the five square platforms (Rupadhatu). They depict mundane activities, from gossip to murder, with their corresponding punishments. Completed with the full panorama of samsara (the endless cycle of birth and death).
A main dome, located at the center of the top platform, non perforated and symbolizing Nirvana (formless element), is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues each of which is seated inside a perforated stupa (A stupa is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing Buddhist relics, typically the ashes of Buddhist monks, used by Buddhists as a place of meditation). On each platform, the perforated stupas are in different forms, and they are getting less intricate each level we climb, symbolizing the ascending to the formless state.
Some of the stupas are uncovered and the Buddhas can then be fully seen. The guide that lead us to the temple informed that Borobudur, Angkor Wat (Cambodia) and Bagan (Myanmar) form a “triangle” and some uncovered Buddhas are facing the Buddhas of those temples. This amazed me to the point of realizing how developed was already the geography and knowledge of those ancestral times!
Many of the statues were beheaded along the time, and they can be seen at the most famous museums of the world, as the Louvre, in Paris.
Opposite Borobudur, there’s the Merapi volcano (literally Fire Mountain in Indonesian). It’s the most active volcano in Indonesia. Smoke can be seen emerging from the mountaintop at least 300 days a year.
Original text based on the sources (and some excerpts): Wikipedia and www.borobudurpark.com
All photos were taken by me.
I hope you all enjoyed the visit :)
Thanks, @ace108 and @c0ff33a :)
Have a great Sunday, my friends.
Hippiesoul @nolasco
Isabel
www.isabelnolasco.com
Some truly fabulous photography in this, love the Sunset at the top - and those Stupa remind me of a old fashioned hand bell - quite amazing each one houses a Buddha.
This is truly a fantastic post, I learned a whole lot more about another region in the world (and I buy a great deal of Indonesian coffee including Java and the varient Old Brown Java) and enjoyed some incredible photography with it.
Thank you for sharing your #SublimeSunday, this is a throughly enjoyable post.
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Thanks so much, you made my day with your comment! So generous and meaningful for me. It really encourages me to do better each day! Cheers, my friend, and sorry for the late reply (I've been sick of my ears and overwhelmed with work, two things that don't really match...)
Have a wonderful weekend!
Hi, my friend here is my #SublimeSunday, hope you like it too :))! Have a sublime Sunday! https://steemit.com/beautifulsunday/@nolasco/the-blue-mansion-george-town-penang-malaysia-beautifulsunday-and-sublimesunday
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Wow, just a wonderful surprise! Sorry for the late reply, but I've been sick of my ears and overwhelmed with work, two things that don't really match...
I will check it out and of course I'm happy and looking forward to crossing paths again soon. Thanks again!
It is incredible that in the 9th century people could build such a temple.
Incredible, isn't it? I feel the same. Thanks for the wonderful comment!
Thank you for the wonderful photos and story
I'm the one who is grateful. Thanks for passing by!
Wooo it´s amazing!!!
Thanks so much:)))!
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Thanks so much, I'm so happy my post has been considered by you! So, so happy! It's indeed an honor! Cheers, and stay excellent!
Well deserved :)
Thaaaanks! <3
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Thanks so much!
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Thanks!
Thanks, my dear Pix!
How beautiful. Thanks for your description and, of course, the abundance of awesome photos!
Excellent post, Isabel. Keep up with the good work! 😊
Thank YOU! Your comments always make me happy! How sweet! Cheers, my friend!
You're welcome!
<3
Love the 2nd shot where caught the sun coming through the architecture.
Thanks, it's one of my favorites too <3 :))!
You're welcome. Timing is everything
Indeed! And in photography, it makes even more sense!
hola que bonito
me gusta todo, muchas veces te envidio jeje
feliz domingo
tip!
Que querida, my querida txatxy! No tienes porque enviadirme, tus fotos son TOP! Per se que estas de broma! Mil besos y muchisimas gracias por el tip!
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El mio está peor que mal... Es que parece que no recupera nunca! Gracias, querida! Xoxo!
si asi es nunca llegamos a recuperarnos jeje
feliz lunes
Pues... hehehe, feliz lunes para ti, querida!
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Thanks!
The truth is that I do not know what to say. I think that in this case, little or nothing matters the language in which you write about this wonderful. The photographs speak for themselves and not only transmit objectively what a simple camera captures, but also show the fascination so particular that the place exerted on the person who handled it. That is to say: they show, in my point of view, the sense of the perception of a person fascinated by what he saw. It would be little to tell you that I feel tremendously proud that you have remembered me, and above all, that you have dedicated this entry. Actually, I do not know what to say, except that I am very grateful to you and that if at this moment I had you in front of me, I would have given you a big hug. Thank you very very much.
Got it, my friend! Big hug to you too! I'm happy I could dedicate the post to you and that you have loved it! It's a reward by itself! Cheers and have a great week ahead!
:)) I love it!
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Stunning! Totally in love with your pictures and the way you make the reader feel through your writing 💕
Aw, thanks, your words made my day! I'm happy! Cheers to you and have a wonderful week!
Thanks! 💕 Have a wonderful week too! 😊
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