REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MAGELANG -  Muslim students from the Mistakhurrohman Islamic boarding school helped in cleaning the Borobudur Temple of Mount Kelud's ash. They joined with around 700 Buddhists, including several monks coming from several cities in Central Java, also cleaned the temple on Friday.

"Around 50 students from our boarding school spent their Friday holiday to clean Borobodur Temple of the Keluds ash together with other volunteers," Muhammad Dimyadi, a teacher from the boarding school, stated on Friday.

The boarding school is located around 1.5 km from the country's largest and oldest Buddhist temple built in the 8th century during the Syailendra dynasty. They participated from 8 am to 3 pm local time.

"At noon, we took a break to hold the Friday prayer in a mosque located in front of the Borobudur temple tourism parks gate," he stated.