1. Ramayan given preference in Muslim-majority Indonesia In Indonesia, which has 95 percent Muslim population today, everyone was a Hindu 400 years ago. This fact is supported by most of the Indonesians. Despite being Muslims these people have names such as Vishnu, Surya, Rama, Bheeshma, Yudhisthir and Bheem. Despite being Muslims they give preference to … Read more
The main temples in Bali are Pura Besakhi, Pura Tirtha Empul, Pura Tanah Lot and Pura Uluwatu. Amongst these, today let us know more about Pura Tirtha Empul, Pura Tanah Lot and Pura Uluwatu.
During our tour of South-east Asian countries, we learnt that in the forest on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, there are camphor trees yielding pure Bhimseni camphor. This territory being impassable and mountainous we learnt from some people
Khadi clothes are quite popular in India. In similar way, national cloth bearing batik cotton design is popular in Indonesia.
The people who created these designs were ignorant about creating sattvik designs based on the triguns – Sattva-Raja-Tama.
We come across people from Indonesia wearing various types of clothes bearing characteristic batik design.
