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Borobudur
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Borobudur. The largest of Buddhist monuments, situated in mid-Java, probably built in the 9th cent. CE. The whole structure is believed to represent the Buddhist cosmology as a
maṇḍala, successive levels corresponding to stages on the path. The meaning of the name Borobudur is unclear.
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UNESCO, RI HOLD EXPO ON BOROBUDUR TEMPLE.
News Wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia); 4/21/2007; 579 words
; ...entitled 'The Thousand Mysteries of Borobudur' in Yogyakarta. "This expo marks the revival of Borobudur through visual art performances from...photography, and videos depicting the Borobudur Temple. Visitors of the exhibition could...
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BOROBUDUR'S PRESERVATION TO INCLUDE LOCAL TRADITIONS.
News Wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia); 7/4/2003; 501 words
; ...expressed hope that efforts to preserve Borobudur temple would include local tradition...culture that exists in regions around the Borobudur temple, people's traditions and the...convention previously only allotted funds for Borobudur's renovation for tangible matters...
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BOROBUDUR MORE FAMOUS THAN OTHER BUDDHIST TEMPLES IN ASEAN.
News Wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia); 8/28/2006; 656 words
; Yogyakarta, Aug 28 (ANTARA) - Borobudur temple in Magelang district, Central...ministerial meeting at Amanjiwo Candi Borobudur Hotel in Magelang district, Central Java, would be followed by the signing of a Borobudur declaration. Jero Wacik said on the...
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BOROBUDUR CULTURAL FESTIVAL TO USHER IN RAMADHAN.
News Wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia); 9/21/2006; 469 words
; Borobudur, C. Java, Sept.21 (ANTARA)- Some...part in a Cultural Festival near the Borobudur Temple in Central Java to usher in the...given by the artists community around the Borobudur Temple during the Cultural Festival to...
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MISS UNIVERSE VISITS BOROBUDUR TEMPLE.
News Wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia); 8/18/2008; 455 words
; ...the well known Buddhist temple of Borobudur in Magelang district, Central...for Operation and Development of Borobudur and Prambanan Temples, Guntur...received the Miss Universe in the Borobudur temple yard. Purnomo Adi when...
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BOROBUDUR TEMPLE PRESERVATION INSEPARABLE FROM ITS SURROUNDINGS.
News Wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia); 12/19/2008; 366 words
; ...The effort to preserve the Buddhist Borobudur Temple was inseparable to the development...spokesman said. "The effort to preseve Borobudur Temple should be related to its surroundings...vicinity," one of the organizers of the Borobudur community "Warung Info Jagad Cleguk...
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UNESCO STILL TREATING BOROBUDUR TEMPLE AS WORLD HERITAGE.
News Wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia); 11/21/2006; 560 words
; ...still considers Indonesia's Buddhist Borobudur Temple as a world cultural heritage although...official said. "Unesco still treats Borobudur as a world heritage and provides assistance...conservation," Syukron Edy, head of the Borobudur Temple Conservation Center, said here...
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JAPANESE PRINCE AKISHINO VISITS BOROBUDUR TEMPLE.
News Wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia); 1/24/2008; 534 words
; ...and Princess Kiko Kawashima visited the Borobudur Temple in Magelang district on Thursday...depicting chickens," the head of the Borobudur Conservation Office, Marsis Sutopo...at 8 am after a brief transit in the Borobudur Temple's park. Central Java Governor...
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STUDENTS INVITED TO VISIT BOROBUDUR TEMPLE.
News Wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia); 2/6/2009; 421 words
; Borobudur, Central Java, Feb 6 (ANTARA): The managing committee of Borobudur Temple invited students from various schools to...Director of Marketing and Development of PT Borobudur, Prambanan and Ratu Boko Temple Tourism Park...
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ACTIVISTS COLLECT HANDPRINTS FOR BOROBUDUR PRESERVATION.
News Wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia); 5/18/2008; 500 words
; ...banners by activists were unfurled at the Borobudur temple compound, as part of a campaign...handprints as a campaign to preserve Borobudur as a world's heritage in Indonesia...sites which are known world wide like the Borobudur temple," she added. Currently, people...
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Borobudur
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
Borobudur. Famous Javanese stūpa and the largest of Buddhist monuments. Built between the 8th...in the 19th century, an important site for Buddhist scholarly research. The meaning of the name Borobudur is unknown.
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Yogyakarta
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the trade hub of a major rice-producing region, and there is some manufacturing. Tourism is important; the magnificent Borobudur temple is in the area. The vast walled palace (18th cent.) of the sultan of Yogyakarta was the provisional capital (1949...
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stupa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...found in every country in which Buddhism has been practiced. Some examples are the Thuparama dagoba (244 BC) in Sri Lanka, Borobudur in Java (8th or 9th cent. AD), and the Mingalazedi stupa in Myanmar (AD 1274). In East Asian Buddhist architecture...
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chronology
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
...controversy in Japan c. 700 ce Esoteric school (Chen-yen tsung) develops in China c. 700–800 ce Construction of Borobudur c. 700–1100 ce Pala dynasty; Mahāyāna and tantric Buddhism flourish; consolidation of...
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Java
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Sailendra dynasty (760-860 in Java) unified the Sumatran and Javan kingdoms and built in Java the magnificent Buddhist temple Borobudur . From the 10th to the 15th cent., E Java was the center of Hindu-Javanese culture. The high point of Javanese history...
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