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As the actual name of the temple was unknown, it was designated Chōrakuzan temple ruins (長楽山廃寺, Chōrakuzan haiji) after the name of a hill behind the site. Based on its location and the remnants of the earthen bases for a Kondō and Lecture Hall, it is mostly likely the ruins of the provincial nunnery, or Iga Kokubun-niji, which was ...
Borobudur is the largest Buddhist temple in the world, [6] [3] and ranks with Bagan in Myanmar and Angkor Wat in Cambodia as one of the great archeological sites of Southeast Asia. Borobudur remains popular for pilgrimage, with Buddhists in Indonesia celebrating Vesak Day at the monument.
Aurel Stein hypothesized that the Buddhist temples of Qigexing were burned during an iconoclasm after Islam became the state religion of the Kara-Khanid Khanate. [3] Archeological finds in Qigexing include the ruins of larger temple compounds (with more than 100 buildings in total [7]) as well as twelve cave temples.
Borobudur Temple Compounds is the World Heritage designation of the area of three Buddhist temples in Central Java, Indonesia. It comprises Borobudur , Mendut , and Pawon . The temples were built during the Shailendra dynasty around the 8th and 9th centuries CE and fall on a straight line.
Borobudur temple at Magelang, Indonesia was the largest Buddhist Temple in the world and was one of the 7 wonders by UNESCO World Heritage Site. Brahmavihara-Arama temple at Bali, Indonesia was the Buddhist Temple with traditional Balinese influence. Maya Devi temple at Lumbini, Nepal was the birthplace of Buddha.
Two kiln ruins have been discovered some 200 meters northeast of these ruins, where the roof tiles used for both of these temple were made. In 1980, the Shinano Kokubun-ji Museum ( 信濃国分寺資料館 , Shinano kokubunji shiryōkan ) was built at the site of the temple ruins, and displays the excavated roof tiles, circular ink-stones ...
Date Masamune, who built Sendai Castle in 1601, continued various civil works in his territory, of which reconstruction of the Mutsu Kokubun-ji was part of his policy of reconstructing famous temples in his territory, such as the reconstruction of Chuson-ji and Zuigan-ji The reconstruction work took three years from 1605 to 1607, and the new main hall of the reconstructed temple became the ...
Buddhist temple complex, older than Roro Jonggrang. A main sanctuary surrounded by many smaller temples. Well preserved guardian statues, replicas of which stand in the central courtyard at the Jogja Kraton. Candi Lumbung. Buddhist temple ruin located south from Sewu temple, consisting of one main temple surrounded by 16 smaller ones. Bubrah ...