Selasa, 19 November 2013

DIENG PLATEAU - INDONESIA



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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