Thursday, May 14, 2009

Sunyaragi Garden, Sophisticated of Ancient Architecture

Sunyaragi garden is a beautiful water garden with sophisticated jetting irrigate technology. This garden is woke up in the year 1703 by Prince Kararangen or with other name is Prince Arya Carbon. Sunyaragi garden came from word ”sunya” meaning silent and ”ragi” meaning physic or raga. This garden reside in power of Keraton Kasepuhan.

This composition construction represent a water garden. From rest of existing inheritance, it’s seen result of human being culture at its epoch which very sophisticated and unique. It should have been see until today if there’s no trouble and get treatment periodically.

Marginally, Sunyaragi Garden’s complex which is located in this Brigjen Dharsono Cirebon roadside divided into two shares that is cave building and guesthouse. Part of guesthouse provided with gallery, cubicle, bathroom, religious service space and encircled by garden completed with pool. Cave medium building curve like mountains, equipped by underground link tunnel. Outer of its complex have reef and cloud motif. The outside gateway’s door is in form of Bentar temple and external door is in form of Paduraksa. Entire rooms were fulfilled by immeasurable relief.

This Old building is still visited until today in many people, because its situation right across especial wayside. It’s parking area wide enough, the frontage garden get a new touch to take a rest for tourists. There also built a stage or culture podium for the staging of Cirebon’s arts.

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