Selogriyo Temple (Candi Selogriyo)

August 22, 2012

Selogriyo the Hidden Temple (Candi Selogriyo)

Greetings tour, all the readers, beautiful scenery feast for the eyes, a challenging track to test adrenalin, fun-filled journey of meaning and new science course.

The temple is Selogriyo I mean, the temple is located between the mountains and paddy field terraces and indulge my discovery of my search there, a little reminded Dieng Plateau, with hills and slopes are optimally utilized for agriculture, if the Dataran Tinggi Dieng / Dieng Plateau, we often discover or find plantations of potatoes, cabbage, etc., in contrast with the surrounding areas Selogriyo temple, there are many rainfed and rice terraces to the distribution of water using a water pump / jet pump.

This temple includes small and look very less pretentious, but what's interesting in this place are very few tracks coupled with local and international tourists to know or been to this place, some time ago when I visit there, I met a traveler from 2 Japanese people and of course doubles as a signpost tourist guide, but unfortunately I did not get enough opportunities to capture the temple Selogriyo closely, because managers at the site have left earlier at 16:00 pm which is usually (according to the locals) , "biasane tutup jam 5 mas, tapi mungkin rodo sepi, dadi gasik tutup e (Javanese Language / normally closed until 5 pm, but may be a bit quiet, so the manager to close early."

This destinations are cheap but in my lack of access to qualified, the path will you encounter if you visit there, past the township residents can be addressed only by motorcycle, but if you are driving car with your family, you will be required to walk a considerable distance, but according to I delight when with lots of people to go there, also equipped with the residents were friendly enough, but try not to take them Indonesian language is good and true, they will find it hard to understand and you also will feel a little regret to say something I really want to say hello or to chat with them, although they are actually very friendly and fun :)

The temple is situated in the campur rejo village, windusari districts, counties magelang, if you look and decide through west from the city center magelang, for me this place is easily accessible because I always use my weapon "like asking, survived until the destination" , and temples It is surrounded by three hills are quite lovely, the Giyanti hill, Condong hill and Malang hill, and of course if you were there, you could feel as in a valley.

Because I lived in Jogjakarta, I just take a 2 hour drive, quite tiring but fun to visit, at the time headed for the Selogriyo Temple, I through a somewhat distant according to local residents, i choosed to through magelang city first, then after a gas station Payaman, to the north a bit, I went to a small junction with a sign, the T-junction turn left when you depart from the south, and at the junction there is a small bridge, a clear road to the west, then through the winding roads and steep, straight follow the pattern of the actual path is easy to understand, and then I found a second junction, the sign (there is a field next to the south side which is usually used to pigeons race or competition), and there is a banyan tree in the middle of the junction, however, without warning, I was confronted by an improved bridge is actually quite short and small but very vital to connect the two districts: ( , very unwillingly, the road shifted to the west or east, cobbled streets are laid out like forcing my vehicle offroad vehicle that did not qualified, but what may make, I still try to use these street but sacrificing my rear tire which had leaked after that :), but I am not discouraged, because according to the instructions of citizens, around the entrance, there is a place that can fix my tire, and after that's where I know the distance others are actually very close (according from local people), when compared with the first track that I spent the time off, which is the direction of bandongan district and I reached the magelang city more faster may assume.

Selogriyo Temple is a Hindu temple religious relic when found still scattered and restored, like the temples in Indonesia mostly, and if you are interested visit there, it is good to visit in the early morning, due to the characteristics of the mountains and the hills are always foggy when dusk has arrived, if you like take pictures, then shall the lighting greatly helped with sufficient sunlight.

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