Simbatan temple located +/- 17 km east of Magetan city. Since 1813, on every friday on mount Muharram ( first month in Javanese Calendar) a thorough cleaning is executed towards Dewi Sri/Goddess Sri ( Goddess of prosperity in Javanese believes ) statue which lies in temple of Simbatan.
In 1933-1942 in the right and left side of the statue produced water source. Most of the society believed that the water can be used for healing.
The aim of building a giant religious monument came from Pedro Maria, a Brazilian Catholic leader in 1850′s . The idea then delivered to Princess Isabel but get rejected.
Brazil changed as Republic in 1889, and had had a new country rule. That is dividing or separating religious matter from state matter.In 1921 The Great Bishop of Rio de Janeiro apparently delivered the idea as Pedro Maria already had in 1850′s, named to make a giant religious monument.
Wonderful View from Cristo Redentor
There were some ideas of the monument actually. According to an article I read, one idea of the design was Jesus monument which lift a world-ball on His hand as a pedestal, that represent the world. In the end, a religious monument with Jesus stretched out both His arms were the chosen one.
