The Borobudur Temple is in the Kedu Valley, in the southern part of Central Java, ... Back when I visited, we were encouraged to reach inside the stupa and rub the Buddha for good luck.

The temple also houses 504 statues, including Buddha statues and lions, located in chambers inside stupas. This means visitors are prohibited from performing Kunto Bimo, a myth that touching a ...

Standing on a hilltop in Central Java, Borobudur rises from the jungle, towering over the emerald rice fields and network of rural roads. At over 1,200 years old, the massive temple has weathered ...

Macron also toured the temple's reliefs. Macron even attempted to touch the Buddha statue inside one of the stupas. "He touched the statue," Fadli said after accompanying Prabowo and Macron on a tour ...

19th-century archive photo of a relief panel (top left) now hidden by a stone wall (above left) at Indonesia's Borobudur Temple. A few relief panels from this section ...

This photo taken on May 10, 2025 shows a view of the Borobudur Temple, a UNESCO-listed world heritage site, in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. (Xinhua/Zulkarnain) This photo taken on May 10 ...

Elementary school students take part in an educational tour on March 7, 2024, at Borobudur Temple in Magelang, Central Java. In addition to being a world-class tourist destination, ...

JAKARTA: The Indonesian government is still finalising a plan to install a permanent stairlift at Borobudur Temple in Magelang, Central Java, to facilitate visitors with special needs to access ...

Borobudur is the largest Buddhist temple in the world, with a central stupa surrounded by 72 smaller bell-shaped stupas, many containing seated Buddhas (top). There are 2,672 relief panels ...

JAKARTA: The government's plan to install stairlifts and iron ramps at Borobudur, the world's largest Buddhist temple in Magelang, Central Java, ahead of French President Emmanuel Macron's visit ...