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Views of Mount Merapi and Mount Merbabu the upper terrace of the temple of Borobudur.
Borobudur - Buddhist stupa and associated temple complex tradition of Mahayana Buddhism. Borobudur is located on the island of Java in Indonesia's Central Java province, 40 kilometers north-west of the city of Yogyakarta. Borobudur was built between 750 and 850 years of Javanese rulers of the dynasty Saylendra. The name may derive from the Sanskrit "Vihara Buddha Ur", which translates to "a Buddhist temple on the mountain."
Borobudur was built as a huge stupa, made in the form of a mandala. Foundation of the stupa - a square, with a side of 118 m have stupa has eight levels: five lower - square, and the top three - round. The form of the mandala is a diagram of the universe according to Buddhist ideas. Located on the top floor of 72 small stupas around the large central. Each bell-shaped stupa. Inside the stupa are 504 Buddha statues and bas-reliefs in 1460 on religious subjects.
So far, Borobudur is a place of pilgrimage and prayer. Pilgrims pass seven times in a clockwise direction at each level. Touching each of the Buddha stupas on the top tier are believed to bring happiness.
According to researchers, the construction can be seen as a huge book for pilgrims. Upon completion of each tier ritual circumambulation pilgrims familiar with the life of Buddha and his teachings with the elements.
The three levels represent the three areas of abode - Kamadhatu (sphere of passion), Rupadhatu (spherical forms) and Arupadhatu (sphere without form).
Merapi (altitude 2914 meters) - the largest active volcano in Indonesia, located on the island of Java, near the city of Yogyakarta. One of the ten most active volcanoes in the world. 

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