Borobudur Temple from Above, Central Java, Indonesia — From the air, the nine-tiered structure reveals its mandala form: six square terraces of the sensory world, three circular terraces of the formless realm, and the empty central stupa representing nirvana. The monument aligns with four surrounding volcanoes, suggesting it was deliberately positioned as the cosmic center of the Javanese landscape.
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