It is 5:40 a.m. and, directly on cue, the sun rises slowly over the horizon, silhouetting volcanic Mount Merapi and casting early-morning light on the majestic Buddhist temple of Borobudur. Tourists ...

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“In this bright future, you can’t forget your past,” says Bob Marley. And if the past is locked in the crevices of magnificent architecture, such as the Borobudur Temple in Indonesia, acquainting ...

Wed, July 8, 2020 Published on Jul. 8, 2020 Published on 2020-07-08T13:15:11+07:00 Borobudur temple in Magelang, Central Java, reopened to the public on Monday though visitors are restricted to Zone 1 ...

Visiting the world’s largest Buddhist temple is about to get expensive. Borobudur, one of Indonesia’s most popular attractions, will soon be subjected to a massive price hike by government authorities ...

500 Buddha statues with over 2500 relief panels greet you at Candi Borobudur, the largest Buddhist temple built in the 9th century. Located in Central Java, there are over 70 Buddha statues in the ...

It's early in the morning. The land, silent for hours has begun coming to life with the screeching of birds. As the spearing orange light from the rising sun slowly takes away the white mist shrouding ...

NEW YORK, March 13 (UPI) -- An international effort on behalf of Indonesia's Borobudur Temple, the most popular tourist site, in Java, may save this famous 9th century Buddhist monument from becoming ...