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Borobudur Temple

Though I love temples I seldom get the chance to go to temples outside India. So I was very happy to get an invitation from my Japanese daughter to go to Indonesia to visit the ancient temples of Borobudur and Prambanan. Thus it happened that I landed in Jakarta last week and took the next flight to Yogjakarta. This city is also known simply as Jogja or Yogya. This word is actually a corruption of Ayodhya, the famed city of Rama in India. Names from the Ramayana abound in this island. Sometimes even without their knowing it many of the names used by the Indonesians are Sanskrit in origin but of course most of them are so distorted that it takes a while to find out the actual source. The Special Region where Yogyakarta is situated is the smallest province of Indonesia (excluding Jakarta). It is located on the island of Java. The word Java has such a special flavor that I was really glad that I had come here instead of one of the big cities. On a clear day one can see the famed volcano Mt. Merapi, which is still alive and the history of which is closely connected with the history of Borobudur and Prambanan.

This 300 hundred year old city is the cultural center not only of Java, but of the whole of Indonesia. This is in part due to the variety of religious influences found here like, Buddhist, Hindu, and other indigenous beliefs, which resulted in the construction of the impressive temples of Borobudur, Prambanan and the Dieng temple complex.

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