Majapahit. Charm Of Mount Arjuna

Charm of Mount Arjuna seemed never exhausted to be explored. an old volcano and has been inactive store a variety of attractions ranging from natural beauty, cultural, archaeological tours up. The latter is one of the cultural heritage charm of The age kingdom of Majapahit.

The discovery marks the greatest charm majapahit exploration begins in June 1988. Respectively, the slope of Arjuna mystery began to unfold with the discovery of tribute buildings, stone perdupaan, building terraces, statues of stone, container and stone cave hermitage, which is expected to be made in the 1400s.

This is indicated by the numbers in 1364 Sakha or 1442 AD in the stone blocks Barrel Temple or Temple of Gambier at an altitude of approximately 1400 m.dpl. (Coordinates of 7 ° 45''53 "S 112 ° 35''26" E). Generally statues scattered around the slope only describe a human being and not follow the guidelines of Hindu iconography, and the puppet characters are not found here. It is estimated, this relic from the Majapahit era, during the reign of King Sri Suhita (1429 - 1447), grandson of Rajasanagara or Bhre Hyang Wekasing Sukha Hayam Wuruk.

To save the present invention, the number of elements of society who are members of Kaliandra initiated the so-called EYES (Mount Arjuna Tourism Area). Kaliandra develop responsible tourism (Responsible tourism) in the area of ​​Arjuna. This idea emerged as a continuation of conservation actions are performed with villagers Kaliandra Arjuna forest buffers, particularly in the area of ​​WordPress. Early stages of development EYE took support from IUCN Netherlands

Now Kaliandra have a concern in the management, proved a number of 20% of the profits set aside for the preservation of tourist activity area; 20% is used to increase the capacity of local residents. The remainder is used for operational funding, reserve funds and support for business continuity.

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