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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Borobudur - A Dream in the Heavens
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A View from the East Entrance |
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Alighting the First Five Levels |
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Sultry Beauties |
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Checking the Photos |
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Close-up |
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Some Rest After the Collosal View |
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Striking a Pose |
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72 Stupas at the Sixth and Seventh Level |
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Another View |
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One Row of Stupas with Square Openings... |
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Revealed Buddha in One of the Stupas |
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The Central Stupa located on a Lotus Pedestal |
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Rows of Stupas Facing the Mountain Ranges |
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Timeless Architecture |
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View of Top Rows of Stupas |
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Another View |
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Under the Blue Sky and over 1200 years... |
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Waiting to Enter the Last Flight of Stairs |
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Dash of Colours |
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Contented |
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View Showing the Central Stupa and smaller stupikas |
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In the upper oval shaped path |
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It was unbelievably hot and yet... |
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Overseeing the mountain ranges over a millennia |
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Stupas |
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One more view |
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Relishing the view |
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More views |
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Overseeing the Kedu Plain in Central Java |
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One of the most fertile lands in the region - situated within two rivers and Mt. Merapi |
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The Majestic Shape of the Stupikas |
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The timeless beauty |
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At right angles |
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Bas- Relief scultptures in Second Level Balustrade |
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In Deep Meditiation for more than 1200 years |
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Kala and Rare Animal Head Sculptures |
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Water Drainage System - Beautifully Carved |
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A Collage of Colours |
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Stories from Jataka Tales in the inner and outer Balustrades |
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A Majestic View |
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Waiting... |
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Buddha in One of the Six Postures - Vara Mudra |
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Dhyani Mudra |
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Relief Sculptures |
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One among the 504 Buddha Statues at the monument |
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Walking through the Kala - Relieving the Desires and Sins - Step into the final flight |
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Tired but can afford a smile... |
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Joins the Father |
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Part of the Story |
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One more view |
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Right Angled turns at every level decorated with bas reliefs |
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Indonesians, irrespective of their religious affiliation, rever the monument |
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Stunning work |
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Intricate Expressions |
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Wise men concurring |
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More relief sculptures |
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More panels |
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Some more |
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A sick man being tended |
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More sculptures |
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Loving every minute of it |
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going up |
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A scene from the Jataka Tale |
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Nothing Short of a Dream! |
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Performers in the Borobudur Gardens |
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Walking towards the Monument |
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The First View is Truly Stunning - Nothing you have imagined would be adequate... |
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A view from right angle |
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A street performer at the campus |
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At the UN Cultural Heritage Pillar |
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The Amazing View and the first few flights of stairs |
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