Malioboro Street

With an imaginary extension of the pole that connects Yogyakarta Sultan Palace, Tugu and the peak of Merapi Mountain, this street is a community of scholarship after Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono have developed ways to negotiate through the traditional market since 1758. After 248 years, instead persists as an area of ​​influence, which even becomes the icon of Yogyakarta, known as Malioboro.

The hotel is located about 800 meters away from the Yogyakarta Sultan Palace, this place was always full of flowers always kept Palace ceremony. Malioboro Sanskrit means that the bouquet is the basis for naming this street.

Surrounded by shops, offices, restaurants, hotels and historic buildings on the street that once served as a control center in the second Dutch military aggression in 1948, was once a place of wandering artists gather to Persada Studi Klub at (PSK ) community-driven Landu Umbul Paranggi from the 1970s until around the end of 1990.

* Souvenirs Paradise

Enjoy the shopping experience, Jogja exclusive hunting memories, tourists can take a stroll through the arcades of the Malioboro street. There are many vendors that sell their products, ranging from local handicrafts such as batik, rattan trim, leather puppets, bamboo handicrafts (keychain, decorative lamp, etc.) and blangkon (Java / Jogjanese traditional headdress) and real money the things that can usually be found in stores. Over the archway, visitors will not only be shopping at the silent sunny or rainy days, but also benefit from the price quote. If you are good at negotiation and luck, they will buy less in the third quarter, or half the price offered.

Do not forget to save energy. There is still a large market of tourists to visit. Well known as Pasar Beringharjo, this market offers a full range of traditional products, in addition to similar products sold along the Malioboro street arcades. In addition to Jogja local products, products of the surrounding areas such as Pekalongan batik and Solo batik available. There are many choices of batik hand-printed batik, the window curtains with unique motifs and batik bed sheet. This place will satisfy the desire to purchase unique items at reasonable prices.

Please make sure you are not fooled by the price offered. Usually, sellers raise prices for tourists.

* Vredeburg Fort and Gedung Agung

At the end of this road 'Perfume', visitors can stop at Fort Vredeburg which is right in front of Gedung Agung. This was a Dutch fort on the basis of protection from possible attacks by Yogyakarta Kingdom troops. Similar to other forts, this place was built in 1765 is high, the walls of the square of the town is limited to inside the tower on the four corners of patrolling purposes. The tower is located in the south, YogYES took the opportunity to enjoy the scenery of the Sultan's Palace and other historic buildings.

* Sellers food Malioboro Legged Cross (Lesehan, Java language)

When the sun sets in the west, while the lights along the street and a gallery of beauty to add more Malioboro, food vendors begin to fix the place, cross-legged eating. Special menu as Jogja Lele Pecel Gudeg addition to serving Oriental cuisine and seafood and cuisine of Padang in West Sumatra. The street singers who sing hit songs and songs from the memory of a small change.

Travelers who plan to try the menu are served along the Malioboro street, please check the price list and confirm that it is illogical to prevent the seller free of charge.

Visiting Yogyakarta, a city known as "Javanese cultural living museum" is not complete unless you go on the road, which keeps the different stories about the struggle for the Indonesian nation, and filled with a variety of souvenirs. It 'a paradise for lovers of history and souvenir hunters.

Pawon Temple

Pawon temple is a mile and a half west of Mendut Temple and east of the temple of Borobudur is a Buddhist temple. When you appreciate the detail, the sculpture is the beginning of Borobudur sculpture.


Pawon Temple is not a tomb, but as a place to keep King Indra's weapon namely Vajranala. This temple was built with volcanic stones. Architecturally, it is a mixture of old Javanese Hindu and Indian art. Pawon temple is exactly the central point in a straight line stretched from Borobudur Temple in Mendut.
Maybe it was built to Kubera. This is a fairly large terrace with steps. All rooms are decorated with stupa (s) Dagoba (s) and its outside walls with symbolic images.

Mendut Temple

Candi Mendut (Mendut Temple) is located 3 km east of Borobudur. It is a Buddhist temple, built in 824 AD by King Indera Cailendra dynasty.

There are three large statues inside are:

* Shakyamuni sit cross-legged pose with dharma Cakra mudra (= turning the wheel of the dharma of the hand pose)

* Awalokiteswara, Bodhi Satwa a human being as an assistant.

Awalokiteswara is a statue of Amitabha in her crown, Vajrapani. E 'a red lotus in her hand and put the palm of your hand.

* Maitreya, a savior of people in the future.

There are stories for children of its walls.

Candi Mendut (Mendut Temple) is often used to celebrate every full moon day of May Waisak and pilgrims from Indonesia and around the world to come to this ceremony.

It is older than Candi Borobudur. Its architecture is square, and with a market entry. The roof is also square and terraced. There are stupas (= bell-shaped structures) on it.

Kedulan Temple

Kedulan temple is a Hindu temple located in Kedulan village, about 3 km from Kalasan temple. This temple was accidentally discovered by researchers from the sand, November 24, 1993. We will feel pleasure to visit this temple one, as you can see the very sophisticated process of rebuilding the temple.

Arriving at the location of this temple, we can directly see the site as deep as 7 meters of excavation. There is the temple of stone scattered around the base of the main temple, which still seems intact. It was during this search is the temple complex consists of a Kedulan main temple and three temples of support (perwara) was originally. Now the foot of the temple is during the stress test for the process of rock covering next.

Walking around the site of excavation, we will see the stones of the temple being renovated by matching each to each other. The stones that have adapted to each other is given some symbols in pencil. Temporary construction of the temple porch, roof, space and certain other parts of the body like the temple there. There is also the phallus and yoni, there should have components to complete the temple.

Some of the ornamental decoration of the temple is already showing its beauty, even though the temple is a way of reconstruction. Relief under the dragon as Yoni, which is designed to satisfy the principle of the main temple hall, the dragon has a different decoration of the temple of another character Yoni Central Java, because it seems to be the jaw. Even reliefs of deities, ornaments of ivory, pink interior design, batik, and the subject in some parts of the walls of the temple.

After traveling, interviewed YogYES a team named Haryono. He recounted the difficulties of rebuilding the destroyed building. There are hundreds of stones to be matched to make the temple is firm as before, while there is no simple indicators for the reconstruction. An employee may even correspond to only a couple of stone in a week because of the difficulties. It is true, it's like to compose a gigantic puzzle!

If we go into the press room near the excavation site, you can see the temple Kedulan design plan. Design, we can observe the height of the main temple is 8 meters, the composition of the feet, body and roof. The body of the temple consists of 10 layers of rock up to 2.4 meters, with a few cavities to Ganesha, Agastya, Durga, and statues Nandaka Nandiswara with narrow porch is anticipated that some people can enter. The roof consists of 13 layers of stones. From the above information, it is expected that its architecture is quite similar to Sambisari temple.

In the room information also see the remains of decorated bowls and pottery that was used during the ceremony in the temple rituals. It is also derived from the wood of trees growing on the building of the temple. Haryo once said that someone had brought some 'wood to make a sculpture, but then returned to the person, because he felt the presence of evil.

Photographs of other objects found during excavations can be seen in the data room. There is a photograph of the statue of the divinity of bronze, and photographs of the inscriptions and Pananggaran Sumudul that were discovered in 2003. On the wall of the room, there is a description of the strata, the temple was discovered, and photographs illustrating the process of excavation, which lasted years.After go around, interviewed an employee named YogYES Haryono. He recounted the difficulties of rebuilding the destroyed building. There are hundreds of stones to be matched to make the temple is firm as before, while there is no simple indicators for the reconstruction. An employee may even correspond to only a couple of stone in a week because of the difficulties. It is true, it's like to compose a gigantic puzzle!

If we get the room near the excavation site, we can expect to see the temple design Kedulan. Planning, we can see that the most important temple is the height of 8 meters, dial, legs, trunk and roof. The temple of the body consists of 10 layers of rock up to 2.4 meters, some of the cavities of Ganesha, Agastya, Durga, Nandaka Nandiswara and statues, with a narrow porch, which is expected to only certain people can enter. The roof of the temple consists of 13 layers of stones. The above data, it is expected that its architecture is identical to Sambisari temple.

In the room information also see the remains of decorated bowls and pottery that was used during the ceremony in the temple rituals. It is also derived from the wood of trees growing on the building of the temple. Haryo once said that someone had brought some 'wood to make a sculpture, but then returned to the person, because he felt the presence of evil.

Photographs of the property of others found in the excavations can be seen in the briefing room. There is a photograph of the statue of the deity and bronze inscriptions and photographs Sumudul Pananggaran were discovered in 2003. On the wall of the room, there are descriptions of the soil layers were the temple was discovered, and photographs that illustrate the search process that lasted years.

On June 12, 2003, two inscriptions found in the excavation site. The inscriptions were written in Sanskrit Pallawa were read by two sections of the Department of Archaeology, Gadjah Mada University, namely, Dr. Riboet Darmoseotopo and Tjahjono PRASODJO MA. Dated 791 Saka (869 AD, some 10 years after construction of the temple of Prambanan), which contains the property tax and Parhyangan Pananggaran resorts, construction of irrigation and building the foundations of a sacred calling and the threat Tiwaharyyan a curse for those who do not meet the standards.

Some archaeologists predicted that these entries are related to the founding of Kedula temple. The holy building is intended Tiwaharyyan Kedulan the temple itself. Pananggaran people of enrollment is expected to be located in the temple, as the old dam. The dam was probably built in Opak river is ± 4 km from the temple site, or possibly in the river is no longer seen by the landslide as a result of the volcanic eruption of Mount Merapi thousand years ago.

Many puzzles waiting to be solved and the charm of the components to visit the temple of Candi Kedulan worths do. The state of rebuilding the temple, even adds to our pleasure.

Gampingan Temple

Not all temples are typical, a big relief, because they are usually adorned with statues and general relief as those found in most other temples. One of the temples with individuals, beautiful terrain is Gampingan, a temple which was also found by an artisan brick Gampingan Village, Piyungan, Bantul in 1995. Small and incomplete Gampingan temple is still rich in relief magic.

One of the reliefs that can be seen in this temple is a relief for the animal to her feet. Rescue animals in this house seems so natural that names the animals described. It 'pretty rare to find relief, at least are just the temples of Prambanan and Mendut, which are similar relief. All the reliefs are decorated with ivory or padmamula plant (roots of the lotus plant), which is believed to be the source of life.

YogYES when walking in the temple, it is clear to see that the birds dominate the decoration. It is a relief of a raven with its large beak, robust body, to stretch its wings and tail fanned. There is also a relief to a peak which is described to have a crest on its head, rather long pointed beak, wings and unstretched. In addition, it is a crow with distended breasts and wings extending downward.

Making bird reliefs in this temple refers to the belief in the transcendental power of the bird community. It was believed that birds are the manifestation of divinity, or nirvana. Birds are also linked to absolute human freedom, which is reached after the resignation, the symbol of the soul leaving his body.

Other animals, which is often described as the temple of the frog. Community believed that frogs have the natural power to send over so that the rain was also believed to increase productivity, because the rain can increase the yield. The frogs that usually come with the water also symbolize the renewal of life and waking up in a better direction.

The terrain still leaves a question as to whether it is a story (the story told to children of animals), as in the temple of Mendut or description of the animals that were intentionally made to designate certain sense. These issues increase, because the description of the animals in the temple was not found in books with fables Jataka, Sukasaptati, and versions Pancatantra hereditary.

Gampingan of the temple, which is expected to be built between 730-850 BC is believed to be a place of adoration Jambhala (god of wealth, the son of Siva). The idea is based on the discovery of a statue of Jambhala to dig in the process. Jambhala has been described to have been meditating, sitting cross-legged and close your eyes. The body decorated with iconographic elements (asanas), 8 pieces in the form of a lotus leaf as a symbol of Vishnu, the mystical weapon (cakra) in the human body.

Net Jambhala in this temple is different from other temples. In general, others are described Jambhala temples with eyes looking to worship with various accessories that symbolize prosperity and luxury. This description is supposed to be different, based on the cult of motivation, not to invoke prosperity, but policies to achieve true happiness.

Gampingan visit the temple will lead us to recall the path we have taken to achieve happiness and prosperity. Help, which is dominated by animals living in the environment could be the realization of the wisdom the community at that time to represent a message of Nirvana: humanity must keep the harmony in nature to live in prosperity and avoid disaster.