Dieng plateau derives from Sansekerta word, “di”
means highland or mountain and “hyang” means heaven. So that Dieng can be interpreted as a mountain range
where god and goddess resides. “ Adobe of God “.
Its placed at 2.093 m above sea level, it was cool
enough, with temperature about 10 – 15° celcius. Dieng is coming from javanese
language that mean beautiful and unique more over it is different from others.
Most of temples in dieng is hinduism ancient temples.
Colour Lake and Mirror Lake
The lake was named colour lake because it reflects
various kinds of beautiful colour, it is green tosca and blue lakes. While
mirror lake places to it was considered to have a glassy water surface that
make it look like a mirror. Between those two lakes there is Semar cave,
approximately 4 meters deep, it usually served as a place to meditate. Beside
the cave there are two other cave, that is horse cave ( gua jaran ) and water
spring cave ( gua sumur ). It is believed that gua sumur cave contains holy
water spring names tirta perwitasari. At the cave ,usually hinduism often hold
ceremony called medhak tirta.
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