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Legend of Borobudur Temple

Borobudur was built by an architect, named was Gunadharma. The construction has been estimated to have taken 75 years and been completed during the reign of Samaratungga in 825.
There is confusion between Hindu and Buddhist rulers in Java at that time. Construction of Buddhist temple was possible because Sanjaya's immediate successor, Rakai Panangkaran granted his permission to the Buddhist followers to built some temples. Panangkaran gave the village of Kalasan to the Buddhist community as is written in the Kalasan Charter dated 778 AD.
It is likely that there were two rival royal dynasties in Java at the time ( the Buddhist sailendra and the saivite sanjaya). This confusion also exist regarding the Lara jonggrang temple at the prambanan complex, which was believed that it was erected by the victor Rakai Pikatan as the Sanjaya's dynasty's replay to Borobudur, but other suggest that there was a climate of peaceful coexistence where Sailendra involvement exist in Lara jonggrang.