•Following the local tradition of worshiping gods of mountains, Borobudur and the temples with which it was connected ritually ensured the continual agricultural fertility of the surrounding plain.
•The water that flowed down the hill from Borobudur was undoubtedly sanctified by the temple, just as at Dieng and other holy places in Java.
•As with other mountain shrines in ancient Java, their Hindu imagery suggested the idea of sacred waters running down from the cosmic mountain.