Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Bath Daughters of the King

Taman Sari Yogyakarta
Taman Sari Yogyakarta
If you visit Taman Sari, should be accompanied by a tour guide [gide in yogya]u. Not hard to find a tour guide at the Taman Sari because they actually offered to the tourists who come.

Taman Sari was founded by the Sultan I. Initially known as Taman Sari Water Castle, because of Taman Sari was once surrounded by a lake. Even to reach this place, the Sultan had to use a boat to cross first.

Now, the lake has been razed to the ground and became home to the palace courtiers. As I entered the main building of Taman Sari, you will be greeted with two large pools. That said, the pond was originally a bath and a daughter of the Sultan's concubines.

Whereas in the inner side of the complex, there is a covered pool, separate with two pools on the outside. According Nuning, a tour guide, the pool was a special place for the washing of the Sultan.

Taman Sari Sultan is not a shelter, but rather a kind of rest house used by the Sultan as a resting place. "The Emperor is not every day here, only if for example the Sultan felt tired, bored, and want refreshing," said Nuning.

On the other side next to the pool, there is a room that was once used as a place of rest and a change of clothes Sultan. Mostly, the doors at the Taman Sari made low. This is because it adheres to the philosophy of Java, namely andhap ashor, meaning that humility and mutual respect.

As a stop-Sultan, Taman Sari not only provides a place to rest, but there is also a place of worship. Yes, in Taman Sari area there are mosques used as a place of worship at that time.

Nuning reveal, uniquely, because it is a water castle surrounded by a lake, a mosque in Taman Sari was located lower than the surface of the lake. "So like prayers beneath the water," he said.

The mosque is divided in two, the top areas for men and for women's lower area. Mosque with a round in the middle of it was a kind of pool as a place to make wudu.

Although formerly surrounded by water, it turns out Taman Sari also has road access via the overland. The road was not far from the mosque and a dungeon that could directly out the back door Taman Sari.

You can imagine how vast and beautiful Taman Sari in his time. In fact, up to now the building was designed by the architecture of Portugal still has the interesting side behind the walls of his palace.Taman Sari Yogyakarta

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