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Buddha facing the jungle, Borobudur, Java, Indonesia

by Romain Pontida
Borobudur (top platform)
8/8/20158/8/2015, 8:57 AM (3 hours after sunrise)
SONY SLT-A58 + DT 16-50mm F2.8 SSM
16.0 mm (24 mm full-frame)f/6.3 1/1000 s100

Borobudur, or Barabudur (Indonesian: Candi Borobudur, Javanese: ꦕꦤ꧀ꦣꦶꦧꦫꦧꦸꦣꦸꦂ, translit. Candhi Barabudhur) is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia, and the world's largest Buddhist temple. The temple consists of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome. It is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. The central dome is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues, each seated inside a perforated stupa.