I went to the famous Borobudur Buddhist Temple which was built back in the 9th century- simply ancient. Borobudur is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which means it's something sort of wonderful and it certainly was! It was quite amazing. The monument was conceived as a Buddhist vision of the cosmos in stone, starting in the everyday world and spiralling up to nirvana, the Buddhist heaven. While I could go on, my words would never do this temple justice. So... here are some snapshots from the day!
Though this buddha is uncovered, surrounding it are many lattice stupas which actually hold buddhas similar to the one shown above.
Every wall of the temple features stories sketched into the stone. Here are monkeys under a mango tree.
There are 4 entrances into the temple each of very ornate design.
P.s. Sneak peak! That dress is one of the amazingly comfortable and very pretty dresses dresses which will be in store this fall!!! (I had to keep one for myself!)
Borobudur was fabulous and definitely worth a visit if you are headed to South East Asia!
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