Day Trips

Borobudur

Borobudur
photo by: DaveySarge

A definite must see on the island of Java, located about 42km from Yogyakarta is the Borobudur, a UNESCO world heritage site with the world's largest Buddhist monument. Borobudur, a name deriving from an expression meaning 'Mountain of accumulation of merits of the ten states of Bodhisattva' is commonly thought of as a Buddhist structure, yet its initial construction was planned and executed by Hindu builders sometime around 775AD.

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Prambanan temple

Prambanan Temple, located 7 kms east Yogyakarta, is a magnificent 9th century Hindu temple.

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Dieng Plateau

Literally, the name Dieng taken from Sanskrit language Di-Hyang means 'Abode of the Gods', the residence of the Gods in Hinduism. There are several complex of temples scattered along the Dieng Plateau for Hindu worshippers. These candi [temples] given name based on the heroes of Pandawa family in Javanese mythology, such as Bima, Arjuna and Gatutkaca. Beside the temples,  Dieng Plateau has  several sulphur craters [local address it as 'kawah'] and a lake named Telaga Warna. 

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