Borobudur Temple
Borobudur Temple is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist monument
near Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The monument comprises six square
platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672
relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. A main dome, located at the center of the
top platform, is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues seated inside perforated
stupa.'
The
monument is both a shrine to the Lord Buddha and a place for Buddhist
pilgrimage. The journey for pilgrims begins at the base of the monument and follows a path circumambulating
the monument while ascending to the top through the three levels of Buddhist
cosmology, namely Kāmadhātu (the world of desire), Rupadhatu (the world of
forms) and Arupadhatu (the world of formlessness). During the journey the monument guides the pilgrims through
a system of stairways and corridors with 1,460 narrative relief panels on the
wall and the balustrades.
Evidence
suggests Borobudur was abandoned following the 14th-century decline of Buddhist
and Hindu kingdoms in Java, and the Javanese conversion to Islam. Worldwide
knowledge of its existence was sparked in 1814 by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles,
then the British ruler of Java, who was advised of its location by native
Indonesians.
Borobudur
has since been preserved through several restorations. The largest restoration
project was undertaken between 1975 and 1982 by the Indonesian government and UNESCO, following which the
monument was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Borobudur is still used
for pilgrimage; once a year Buddhists in Indonesia celebrate Vesak at the
monument, and Borobudur is Indonesia's single most visited tourist attraction.
Kangaroo
A kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia, although it has a smaller relative, called a wallaby, which lives on the Australian island of Tasmania and also in New Guinea.
Kangaroos
eat grass and plants. They have short front legs, but very long, and very
strong back legs and a tail. These are used for sitting up and for jumping.
Kangaroos have been known to make forward jumps of over eight metres, and leap
across fences more than three metres high. They can also run at speeds of over
45 kilometres per hour.
The largest kangaroos are the Great Grey Kangaroo and the Red Kangaroo. Adult grow to a length of 1.60 metres and weigh over 90 kilos.
Kangaroos are marsupials. This means that the female kangaroo has an external pouch on the front of her body. A baby kangaroo is very tiny when it is born, and it crawls at once into this pouch where it spends its first five months of life
The largest kangaroos are the Great Grey Kangaroo and the Red Kangaroo. Adult grow to a length of 1.60 metres and weigh over 90 kilos.
Kangaroos are marsupials. This means that the female kangaroo has an external pouch on the front of her body. A baby kangaroo is very tiny when it is born, and it crawls at once into this pouch where it spends its first five months of life