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Episode 51 Remains of King Jayabaya
I visited the place in Kediri City where the God took the King Jayababa from our world when I passed the city during duty trip for investigation of equipement in dams in East Jawa. I visited the site on November 01, 2007.
This site is located in sugar kane field at about 9 kilometers north east from Kediri City. We entered the site from a main road at the point shown "entrance" in the above map. Cordinate of the "Entrance" is S7 46.477, E112 04.445(S7 46'29", E112 04'27"). It was very difficult for us to find the point of "Entracnce", since no signboard was available.

You can find a Hindu Temple named "Pura" at a distance of 500 meters from the entrance.


Pura. Entrace was at left side of this photo

Statue of Saraswati ŠÏ¢‰¹•ìŽF

Stone inscription
A guardman of this pura told us that the pura was not a part of remains but was constructed within tens of years ago.

This is a bathing place called "Sendang" about 400 meters NNE from the pura above.

Bathing place is located beyond the stone gate above

This is a point where the God took the King Jayabaya. See the point of "Joyoboyo" on the above map. This point is located about 600 meters to Southeast.
There was a palace of King Jayabaya and the king vanished by leaving only his clothes.
The building at the age of Kediri Kingdon might be wooden construction, since they did not leave stone or brick structures. There might be a large turning point in innovation in archtectural field between Kediri and Majapahit kingdoms.

This monument symblizes a eye ball of KIng Jayabaya who could see through everything.

Monument for Mahkota

History of the remains
Signboard for history of the remains say:
Explanation about Vanishing King Jayabaya
The vanishing point of King Jayabaya is located at Menang village Pagu district, Kediri Prefecture in 12 kilometers north of Kediri City. The King governed his kingdom between 1135 and 1157.
This site was restored by Hondodento Family group in 1975 and was named as "Loka Muksa". The traditional ceremony is conducted in this site on the first day of month of Muharam or Suro.

King Jayabaya was a maharaja (king of king) in Java island. As a sun of the God of Visnu who controls world peace, he edit "Prophecy of Jayabaya" to give incident to happen in future. This prophecy has been believed by not only Javanes but also all Indonesian people still now/

There are four remains here:
(1) Point where KIng Jayabaya vanished
(2) Memorial stone for clothes which the King left at vanising
(3) Memorial stone for Mahkota
(4) Bathing place of Kamandanu

Kings in Kediri kingdom were as listed below. Four digits in parenthese at the last of lines show the year of accession to the throne.

First Sri Bamweswara/Kameswara I (1116)
Second Sang Mapanji Joyoboyo (1135)
Third Sri Sarweswara (1160)
Fourth Sri Aryeswara (1171)
Fifth Sri Candra (1181)
Sixth Sri Kameswara II (1185)
Seventh Sri Crengga (1194)

You may be forced to reach this site on foot depending on the day you visit.
Please pay attention to dehydration while you walk around this site.
No kiosk was available around this site. You must bring drinking water with you in enough volume.

It is said that the independence of Republic Indonesia had been mentioned in the prophecy. There are many version of the prophecy:
(1) Wikipedia

(2) Version of Sabda Palon by Moch Hari Soewarno, August 2004

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