Descriptive Text : Borobudur Temple

 

 

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BOROBUDUR TEMPLE

Borobudur is one of historical buildings in Indonesia. It is considered to be the world’s largest Buddhist temple for its size (15129 m²) and height (34.5m). It is located in Magelang, Central Java. Not only it became a well-known tourism destination to a lot of travelers around the world, Borobudur Temple is also included in UNESCO list of world heritage site.

Borobudur temple consists of six square floors and three circular floors which arranged accordingly and make it to be stair-like layers that you have to climb one by one to reach the top of the temple. In the middle of the floor, you will find small stairwell with couples of stairs connecting each floor that you can use as a passage to go to the top. On each level of the floor, there are a lot of relief panels and Buddha statues spread around it. Based on the data, there are 2.672 panels and 504 statues in total. There is a dome located on the top center of the temple and is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues, each seated inside a perforated stupa. It is said that, if you place your hand into the stupa through one of its hole and you can touch the Buddha statue, you will be able to make one of your dream come true.

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1.     What is Borobudur actually?

2.     How many panels and statues are there in Borobudur temple?

3.     How is architectural design of Borobudur Temple?

4.     What do you think about the inclusion of Borobudur Temple as one of heritage site?

5.     What is the most dominant tense used in the text?