Tomb of the Kings in Imogiri

We all know that the tomb is not the place to tour. But, the tomb of King Imogiri not a regular tomb. There, in addition to the pilgrimage, we can relax while enjoying the cool air and beautiful scenery. Cemetery, known as Pasarean Imogiri or Pejimatan Imogiri Girirejo is located in Imogiri, which is included in the Bantul region. This cemetery is very well known and much visited by tourists because there are buried the kings and the royal family of the Sultanate of Mataram. The cemetery was built in 1632. The complex is located in the cemetery over the hills, which is included in the cluster of Thousand Mountains. It lies in the hills is what makes the air in the tomb of King Imogiri cool, making it suitable as a tourist. Moreover, according to experts, the location of the cemetery on the plateau also shows the social status of those who are buried there.

Tomb of King Imogiri quite easy to reach. If you are using a private vehicle, you only need to travel about 45 minutes from the city of Yogyakarta. Of course with the proviso that the road conditions in Yogyakarta is not jammed. These days, almost every weekend, cultural city is filled with tourists from various regions, so many roads are jammed. To go to the tomb of King Imogiri, you can head to the south, along Jl Parangtritis. Once you reached the intersection the cutting ring road, you have to turn left. After passing through two traffic lights, you should turn right, go to Jl Imogiri that is located east of the intersection near the Bus Station. After that, you keep it and turn to the left as to the market a new Imogiri.

Probably most people would imagine things that are creepy when you hear the word ‘tomb.’ However, there is nothing sinister in the Tomb of King Imogiri. But clearly, if you want to visit these places, you should be in a fit condition. There, you have to go up to the hill which has about 409 stairs. Although tiring, running upward hill to climb the stairs of a width of approximately 4 meters in the cemetery is quite exciting. And of course, the fresh air there is good for health. In fact, there is one thing that is quite interesting from the stairs in this cemetery. There is a myth that if you manage to count the number of steps correctly, then all your wishes will come true.

There are many interesting things you can see at the Tomb of King Imogiri. But, there is one thing you should remember. Tombs of the kings is sacred. The pilgrim must comply with some specific requirements, such as not to be wearing jewelry, should not be wearing footwear, and should dress typical of Java. There, you also should not mow the lawn, take wood, and do things that are not polite. No special ticket to get into this cemetery. You just need to sign the guest book, and contributing seikhlasnya.

Imogiri tomb only open three days a week, on Mondays, Fridays and Sundays. There are also special days such as the 1st and 8th of Shawwal and the 10th of Dhu al-Hijjah. Pilgrimage Schedule Imogiri usually buried in the Tomb of the most crowded if before the month of fasting, but in today biasapun this place still frequented pilgrim. Entrance to this place has not been charged, but usually the visitors to contribute voluntarily to the guard at the Tomb Imogiri. Activity pilgrimage at the tomb of Mataram Kings is also meant to honor those who have contributed to spread the religion of Islam of Java. Before you make a pilgrimage tomb must first straighten your intentions, during a pilgrimage is not allowed to pray to the people who were buried or begging intent to the person who has died is a great sin. Pilgrimages intention must be pure wish to draw closer to God and pray for the souls that exist buried in order to be given his good deeds forgiveness and accepted by Allah SWT

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