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2005-10 Indonesia -Java -Borobudur, Prambanan
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The Borobudur ruins west of Yogyakarta, Java - built around year 790-860.

The temple is built in the form of a Buddhist stupa with 7 levels, each representing a step on the way to enlightenment.

The Borobudur ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Borobudur ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Borobudur ruins on Java, Indonesia.

Nirvana is represented by a 10 meter stupa in the top and center of the monument.

The Borobudur ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Borobudur ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The top level of the monument is the Sphere of Formlessness, the realm of enlightenment.

The central nirvana stupa is surrounded by 72 smaller stupas, each with a statue of Buddha inside.

The Borobudur ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Borobudur ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The temple lay abandoned for a thousand years until it was restored by UNESCO from 1973-1984.

The Borobudur ruins on Java, Indonesia.

Edel in the Borobudur ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Borobudur ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Borobudur ruins on Java, Indonesia.

Edel in the Borobudur ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Borobudur ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Borobudur ruins on Java, Indonesia.


Prambanan

Prambanan, hindu ruins east of Yohyakarta from around year 850.

The Prambanan ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Prambanan ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Prambanan ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Prambanan ruins on Java, Indonesia.

Shiva's son Ganesh, in the west chamber of the Shiva temple.

The Prambanan ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Prambanan ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Prambanan ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Prambanan ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Prambanan ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Prambanan ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Prambanan ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Prambanan ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Prambanan ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The biggest temple in the center of Prambanan, 47 meter high, is dedicated to Shiva. The two slightly smaller on each side are dedicated to Brahma and Vishnu. And the smallest three to Hamsa the swan, Nandi the bull and Garuda the sunbird.

The Prambanan ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Prambanan ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Prambanan ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Prambanan ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Prambanan ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Prambanan ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Prambanan ruins on Java, Indonesia.

(Met a japanese photographer who lent me his fancy colour filters.)

The Prambanan ruins on Java, Indonesia.

The Prambanan ruins on Java, Indonesia.

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