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