It is 5:40 a.m. and, directly on cue, the sun rises slowly over the horizon, silhouetting volcanic Mount Merapi and casting early-morning light on the majestic Buddhist temple of Borobudur. Tourists ...

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Every year, Buddhists all around the world flock to sacred temples to commemorate Wesak, one of the most important Buddhist festivals marking the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha. But did you ...

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TEMPO.CO, Yogyakarta - Tourists visiting Borobudur Temple in Magelang, Central Java, can now learn various things about meditation. Because, towards the end of November, PT Taman Wisata Candi (TWC) ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A part of the Borobudur Complex, the Borobudur Cultural Center in Magelang, Central Java, caught fire in the early hours on Saturday, September 20, 2025. The former Manohara Hotel, ...

SEMARANG (eTN) – Despite continuous drizzle, Borobudur temple’s magnet remains unbroken. SEMARANG (eTN) – Despite continuous drizzle, Borobudur temple’s magnet remains unbroken. Under their umbrellas, ...

It took the visitor a few minutes to realize that he was being followed, by a policeman, no less. The visitor was on foot, the policeman on a slow-moving bicycle, watching every move made by the ...

I am in the Indonesian island of Java - just a few degrees south of the equator. It's hot and it's humid, but I, and hundreds of other people on this steamy early morning, am about to set off on a ...

Borobudur is the site of a Buddhist temple in Java, a magnificent eighth-century structure that many consider one of the wonders of the world. A miniature facsimile of a temple fills one window of ...