Happy New Year 2021!

After several years of not being active on the blog, I found my own posts staring at me by accident on google. 

Many things have happened and circumstances have changed; some for the better and others for the worse.

May this year bring us better news and good fortune.

The view of the krobongan in the annexe building.

The statues of Sri and Sadana usually sit before the krobongan and not inside it; however there are some instances when they may be moved within, during cleaning or when there are outsiders within the area of the senthong. There is a period photograph circa 1920s of the krobongan at the Kepatihan in Surakarta during the time of Sosrodiningrat IV where the statues have been moved up onto the krobongan and their faces deliberately obscured by the curtains.

These are sacred statues, symbols of the lingga and the yoni; of the creation proper and exist within the sacred space of the inner sanctum.

Ideally the krobongan floor should have a mattress with an appropriate cover and the pillows and bolsters in matching colours. The walls of the krobongan stricture should also be covered with curtains. However since this is a temporary exhibit, the furnishings will be completed in due course. 

This is the 3rd krobongan structure in my collection and comes from a princely residence west of the Mangkunegaran Pura and it probably is of a late 19th to early 20th century construction. The ndalem has an Art Deco style facade and entire site had been up for sale for some time, however portions of the structure were sold separately by the heirs at different times in the past decade.

Perhaps if time and effort permits, I shall update the site more frequently.