Borobudur Temple Constructions

Borobudur temple is the intelligent work of architect of his era , andesite stones made ​​with models like Lego that can be associated and interlock with each other. The stones on the chisel with a bulge in certain parts then another stone made ​​with holes. Bulge created by the size of the hole made ​​in accordance with the other stones protruding rock then inserted into the hole that has been provided in the material temple makers other woods, so interlocked, so on to form the structure of the temple as we see today.

It is estimated that approximately 55,000 cubic meters need to make the structure of the Borobudur temple. The stones were taken from around the Borobudur temple, then cut and carved into various components of temples, statues, stupas, floors, and reliefs. The stones are not glued together using cement at all but glued to the interlock system as described above.

Borobudur building structure is not made ​​with rock as a whole as seen from the outside. In the temple of Borobudur is a small hill covered with stones of the temple structure, the construction technique just as in the temples in Java in general. Borobudur is made to resemble a pyramid staircase and without meditation space, but made ​​with an estimated hallways used for Buddhist ritual.

Borobudur Temple building consists of three parts, namely:
Foot Part, This is a basic part of the Borobudur temple with a height of 4 meters (13 feet) with an area of ​​123X123 meters (403.5 x 403.5 ft)

Body parts, Body Borobudur temple consists of five steps of a square that has narrowed at the top. The width of the first steps is 7 meters (23 ft) and 4 other steps have a width of 2 meters (6.6 ft)

Head Part, this section consists of three circular terraces, each level there is a row of stupas arranged concentrically. The main stupa is the largest in the middle of the shoot height of 35 m (110 ft) from the ground. The total height of the temple of Borobudur including chattra (umbrella stacking three) are now released is 42 m (140 ft).

Interlock is the method used in making the temple of Borobudur temple to assemble components. This method is widely used in making the construction of temples in Java. Pictured above is a way of making the locking system using a stone

The picture above is the other method, to make the stone temples sticking components, namely the method of protrusions and holes made on stone, so as to prevent stone shifted from the construction of the temple

The stone structure on the Borobudur temple