India had trade with the East-Indies islands during the Gupta period and even earlier. Even when Mughal rule was established in India in the 16th century AD, this trade was being carried on without any major hindrance. The main items of Indian export are cotton cloth, cereals, oil seeds, jowar, suga
Muslims in other islands in the Indonesian archipelago, including Java, differ greatly from Muslims in Arabia and West Asia. Since the matriarchal authority used to be on these islands, so even after becoming a Muslim, they accepted the primacy of women instead of men. Here the right to divorce is
In ancient Indian Sanskrit literature, the island of Sumatra has been called Swarnadeep and Swarnabhoomi because huge deposits of gold metal were available in the upper areas of this island. Indian kings established their kingdoms in Sumatra in the 4th century AD. According to Chinese references, th
Early History of Java Island In Indian Sanskrit literature, this island is mentioned as Yavadweepa where rice and gold were available in abundance. According to Chinese references, Indian people had reached Java in about 2nd century AD. These people came from the Kalinga state of India. According t
After seeing the worship of Durga and Indra, we left for Taman Ayun Puradesa with Putu. On the way, a roadside park appeared in which two standing light blue statues were visible from a distance. We requested Putu to stop the car. These were huge statues of Lord Rama and Sita Mata, which must have b
On the second day on April 15, 2017, the eyes opened only at five in the morning. At this time in India it would be only 2.30 oclock in the night, but the biological clock in our body had completely synchronized with the local time. It was a different experience in itself to have tea in the morning
On 14th April 2017 we reached our service apartment at around 1 oclock. On the way, we saw a vegetable market, which made our health happy and it was decided that vegetables would be bought from this vegetable market in the evening. We were exhausted from the exhaustion of the long journey. So we s
Meeting Putu Now we could go out of the airport. We had booked our service apartment in a small village called Mangvi on Bali island which is about 25 kms from Denpasar. The owner of this apartment, Putu himself provides vehicles to the tourists and also does the driving himself. We had hoped that
Why the curiosity about Indonesia! Although Indonesia is the largest Muslim country in the world, images of Hindu gods and goddesses are seen on Indonesian rupees and postage stamps, in which the bow bearer Shri Ram, the serpent Lord Shiva, the horned Lord Ganesha, Goddess Lakshmi, Vishnus vehicle
The Ubud-Vanar-Forest, located in Padangtegal village of Bali island, is located in an area of about 12 hectares, in which about 700 monkeys with red mouth, relatively small physique and large white colored moustache reside. It is one of the oldest forests in the world and 186 species of trees hav
In Balinese language Pura means temple. In October 2012, the Archaeological Department of Indonesia surveyed the island of Bali and claimed to have discovered a huge Hindu temple dating back to the fourteenth century AD. Archaeologists informed the country that during excavations in the river basin
The actual name of the city of Jakarta is Jaykarta. It is located in West Java and is the capital of Indonesia. 17 major Hindu temples have been found in Jakarta, including the huge Shiva temple built in the ninth century AD, the Tirtha Empul temple built in 926 AD, the Goa Gajah (Shiva temple) buil
Ancient temples in Indonesia are called Chandi. For this reason the Borobudur Buddhist Monument is also called Chandi Borobudur. In Java, the word chandi is used for the ancient constructions of doors and baths. The meaning of the word Borobudur is not known. This word was first mentioned in the boo
Borobudur Mahayana Buddhist Monastery is located in Magelang town of Central Java Province. This too, like the Parambanan Shiva Temple and the Plaosan Buddhist Monastery, was originally built in the 9th century AD. At the time it was built, it was the largest Buddhist monastery in the world. Its pla
After walking for about an hour we reached Borobudur Buddhist Monastery. Stopping at a place on the way, Mr. Anto tried to arrange discounted tickets for us but this time he could not succeed. He dropped us near the ticket window at the entrance of the temple. Here the price of a persons ticket is 3
Today was May 19th. My eyes opened at four oclock in the morning of Java. I calculated, it would be three oclock in the morning on the island of Bali and it would be twelve oclock in the night in India. How strange is this body! The biological clock in it automatically adjusts itself to the local ti
The sun was strong and the peaks of the Parambanan temple were visible about a kilometer away from where we started our walk to the Parambanan temple. As the spire of the temple approached, the huge piles of black colored squares and carved ornate stones scattered around them became apparent to us.
Farewell to filth and stench and preaching of Masprio As it was morning. We got up at five in the morning as per our habit. We made arrangements at our level in the restrooms. Madhu and Bhanu made tea outside in the same verandah and also prepared Chivda. Exactly nine oclock Mr. Anto came with his
First day on the island of Java As I have already written that we had booked a service apartment in Yogyakarta through a website. This was the flat of a Muslim teacher named Maspriyo. He assured us that we would be able to enjoy our stay in the two room and one kitchen service apartment he provided
On 17th April also the sleep was woken up around five oclock in the morning. At this time in India it would be two and a half oclock. Today also we started the day by drinking tea on the lawn in the rice fields. Since Putu was not to come today, we were more relaxed. Early in the morning I sat down
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