Thursday, December 20, 2012

Ratu Boko, The Beautiful Temple In Yogyakarta

Ratu Boko site visit is part of a recreational eyes, feet, and mind. Besides being able to settle for a walk and see the sights, this is the right place to free your mind, imagine for a moment as the palace in the past.

Ratu Boko temple situated Bokoharjo village, Prambanan district, Sleman regency, Yogyakarta, about three kilometers south of Prambanan, and 18 kiometer the east of Yogyakarta. In the past, the temple was indeed a palace, palace, remnants of the Ancient Mataram Kingdom, and is built around the 8th century.


In 1790, the site was first discovered by Dutch archaeologist, Van Boekholtz, with preliminary findings in the form of the remains of archeological ruins on the hill Ratu Boko. A hundred years back udian, these findings were followed by FDK Bosch who conducted research titled Van Ratoe Bokoe palace, and in the end the findings on the hill known as Kraton Ratu Boko Ratu Boko.


After passing through the arrangement of the steps of the entrance to the site, every visitor can enter the majestic main gate. Perhaps in the past, as is often portrayed in movies or comic strips, this gate is always maintained by the retainer ...


Passing through the gate, you are greeted by two tall gate, where the first gate pick i double doors, and the gate behind him has three doors.


After that, in the vast expanse of the area of ​​this site, as far as the eye could see in front of the left and right, there are various forms of ancient stone structure.


At the north gate there is a stone structure built about three feet from the ground, berkuran 26x26 meter square shaped. The temple is known as the Combustion Temple. In the middle, there is a d ua meter deep hole. As the name implies, this hole is expected to be the burning of offerings or a corpse. A little to the east, you will find Buddhist stupa.


If you look to the south, visitors can see two rectangular-shaped stone structure, which was built about two feet off the ground. The top which is a composition of smooth stones without holes, suggest that this site becomes a kind of stage.


Still on the south side, are more inclined to the northeast, you will find a building called the Hall. The building is similar to a meeting room, rectangular-shaped, and covered by a low wall that surrounds it. The verandah has three doors, which is on the west side, north and south.If you come to visit saa t evening, try out the pindu west. Once stepped on some stairs at the bottom, you be met before the sun went down. When there is a will perpetuate this scene from the back, you will see your body glowing sun dar-pen.


These scenes are often shown in movies and advertising, to describe the valor king or queen when going out of the palace to greet subordinates or subjects. When you want to feel a court ruling that went out of the palace, you will probably be enough to change clothes ...As a historic building, heritage palace, the grandeur aura Ratu Boko site, really feels. Not surprisingly, the site is finally often used as a location for prewedding photo or rent a place of execution of the wedding reception.


Luxury and beauty of the clothes they wear, the palace background, Ratu Boko, as represented enough that the bride's family will ak's be king and queen of the day, at least on the day of his wedding ...However, in fact, seen the splendor of the building Ratu Boko temple in the present, have not actually presented perfectly. In the vicinity of the temple, there are thousands of stones that are still allowed to accumulate and not drafted, a part of the temple.


One of the officers on the ticketing in the tourism Ratu Boko, said Ratu Boko temple restoration is not perfect because there are many loose stones that have not dik etahui where he stood in the temple. Not only that, the preparation of the temple also can not be completed due to a lot of rock temples still left in the house residents.


"A lot of the rock temple serve as a foundation or base for attaching poles homes," he saidThe relationship between citizens and Ratu Boko temple is so close. T o just merely because the cut rock temple is still stored in homes, the closeness of this relationship more apparent than real visible in the distance.


Ratu Boko is less than 10 meters to the nearest houses. The distance between the temple and the settlement was not limited strictly to the fence or wall, but only a mound of rocks and soil.Residents are free to pass to perform daily activities. When I visited last week, an old man walks over to her house temple, looking after cattle pasture goats.For those of us who live around here, Ratu Boko temple as part of our front yard, said Wiwid, a resident of the Village Bokoharjo.


It would not be a significant problem. Residents keep this temple as a valuable building, without ever even any follow-destruction or theft.Activities of local people is also increasingly embed the impression that the legacy of the past will never escape from the present life. And past life previously unimaginable, is the beauty of fantasy, which in the present suck more people to come visit. However, for activities rekre ation, want to enjoy the beauty of the present or just to remember the past, it all depends on personal preference. Take your pick, because Ratu Boko temple serves all of the beauty to be enjoyed ...
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