I'm at Borobudur, one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world, and the huge, square, terraced pyramid in front of me, is nothing less than the Buddhist view of the cosmos, in stone.

In a remarkable coincidence, the rediscovery and first exploration of both the Kesariya and Borobudur stupas took place in 1814. That year, a Col. Mackenzie did an initial exploration of Kesariya.

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The government initially planned to install the chattra at the top of Borobudur, a Unesco World Heritage Site and the world’s largest Buddhist temple in the world.

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Designed by the late great architect Ed Tuttle, Amanjiwo is minutes from-and within eyeshot of-the world's largest Buddhist temple, the UNESCO-listed Borobudur, which is right up there with Angkor Wat ...

William Dalrymple on ancient India's empire of ideas, and why his latest book 'The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World' could not have been written a decade ago.

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On New Year's Eve, the ship docks in Semarang, Indonesia; here, you can visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Borobudur, home to an impressive Buddhist temple site dating back to the eighth and ...

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The global tourism sector is gradually recovering from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to UN Tourism’s World Tourism Barometer published in January 2024, international tourism ended ...

I'm at Borobudur, one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world, and the huge, square, terraced pyramid in front of me, is nothing less than the Buddhist view of the cosmos, in stone.