Girinatha
Girinatha or Giri Natha ("Giri" German mountain , "Nath" German Lord, God ) is a Hindu deity. He is the Lord of the Mountains and can be seen as the epithet of the deity Shiva or as the incarnation of Mount Sumeru .
King Hayam Wuruk (* 1334; † 1389, also Rajasanagara ) saw himself as the incarnation of Girinatha, who enjoyed great popularity in the region. He was ruler of the kingdom of Majapahit , the last Hindu empire in the Malay Archipelago from 13th to 16th centuries Century dominated large areas around Java . Hayam Wuruk relied on signs such as a volcanic eruption at the time of his birth to prove his divinity. Girinatha's main temple was the Penataran (also Panataran) in East Java , where the mythical origin of the ruling dynasty of Majapahit lay. During his tenure, Hayam Wuruk made several pilgrimages to the temple, which was then still called Palah , and built numerous buildings here.
Before Hayam Wuruk, Ken Angrok (ruler of Tumapel and founder of the Singhasari empire around 1222) called himself the incarnation of Girinatha.
Today there are still temples of Girinatha on Java, Sulawesi and Bali . The only Hindu temple in East Timor , the Pura Girinatha, is also dedicated to Girnatha.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Marijke J. Klokke: Narrative Sculpture and Literary Traditions in South and Southeast Asia , p. 38, Volume 23 of Studies in Asian art and archeology, 2000, ISBN 9789004118652 .
- ↑ Rebecca M. Brown, Deborah S. Hutton: A Companion to Asian Art and Architecture , p. 490, 2015, ISBN 9781119019534 .
- ↑ John Norman Miksic, Goh Geok Yian: Ancient Southeast Asia , 2016, ISBN 9781317279044 .
- ↑ Berita Bali: Pura Girinatha, Satunya-Satunya Pura di Dili Timor Leste , September 12, 2016 , accessed November 16, 2017.