What is Borobudur?
{{Infobox historic site |name=Borobudur |native_language=jv |image=Borobudur Temple.jpg |caption=Borobudur, a UNESCO [[World Heritage Site]] |locmapin=Indonesia Java#Indonesia |map_caption=Location within Java |coordinates={{coord|-7.608|110.204|display=inline,title}} |location=[[Magelang]], [[Central Java]] |built=Originally built in the 9th century during the reign of the Sailendra Dynasty. |restored=1835 |restored_by= [[Thomas Stamford Raffles]] |architect=[[Gunadharma]] |designation1=WHS |designation1_type=Cultural |designation1_criteria=i, ii, vi |designation1_date=1991 <small>(15th [[World Heritage Committee|session]])</small> |designation1_partof=[[Borobudur Temple Compounds]] |designation1_number=[http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/592 592] |designation1_free1name=State Party |designation1_free1value={{INA}} |designation1_free2name=Region |designation1_free2value=[[Southeast Asia]]}} '''Borobudur''' is a 9th century [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] temple in [[Indonesia]]. It is located in Magelang Regency of [[Central Java]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2023-11-24|title=Borobudur {{!}} UNESCO World Heritage Site, Java, Indonesia {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Borobudur|access-date=2024-01-10|website=www.britannica.com|language=en}}</ref> The temple is made of gray andesite stone and has nine platforms topped by a central [[dome]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fTTxSBiqJKEC|title=Indonesian News and Views|date=1977|publisher=Information Division, Embassy of Indonesia.|language=en}}</ref> Borobudur has 2,672 [[Relief|relief panels]] and originally had 504 [[Buddha]] [[Statue|statues]]. The central [[dome]] is surrounded by 72 [[Buddha]] statues within perforated stupas.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Chandi Borobudur: a monument of mankind|url=https://archive.org/details/chandiborobudurm0000soek|last=Soekmono|date=1976|publisher=Van Gorcum [u.a.]|isbn=978-92-3-101292-1|location=Assen}}</ref> Borobudur has a complex system of [[Stairs|stairways]] and [[Corridor|corridors]] with 1,460 [[Relief