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| | * <see name="Candi Penataran" alt="" address="" directions="Leave Blitar on the road heading north towards Sumberwringin. After about 10 km you really cannot miss the temple." phone="" email="" fax="" url="" hours="" price="Rp 6,000">This is the largest ancient Hindu temple in the East Java region. It dates from the early Majapahit period and texts clearly indicate that it was of considerable importance. Prime Minister Gajah Madah visited here 4 times for example. It is a large complex with 3 courtyards and in many ways strongly recalls a modern day Balinese temple. There are a number of interesting relics including a substantial wall relief depicting the Ramayana.</see> | | * <see name="Candi Penataran" alt="" address="" directions="Leave Blitar on the road heading north towards Sumberwringin. After about 10 km you really cannot miss the temple." phone="" email="" fax="" url="" hours="" price="Rp 6,000">This is the largest ancient Hindu temple in the East Java region. It dates from the early Majapahit period and texts clearly indicate that it was of considerable importance. Prime Minister Gajah Madah visited here 4 times for example. It is a large complex with 3 courtyards and in many ways strongly recalls a modern day Balinese temple. There are a number of interesting relics including a substantial wall relief depicting the Ramayana.</see> |
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| − | * <see name="Sukarno Museum" alt="" address="Jl Sultan Agung 59, Blitar, East Java" directions="adjacetn to the grave site" phone="" email="" fax="" url="" hours="" price="">This musuem and library is housed in the property where Sukarno lived as a young boy. Full of Sukarno memorabilia, papers, photographs etc and very much worth a visit in conjunction with a trip to the grave site.</see> | + | * <see name="Sukarno Museum" alt="" address="Jl Sultan Agung 59, Blitar, East Java" directions="adjacent to the grave site" phone="" email="" fax="" url="" hours="" price="">This musuem and library is housed in the property where Sukarno lived as a young boy. Full of Sukarno memorabilia, papers, photographs etc and very much worth a visit in conjunction with a trip to the grave site.</see> |
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| | * <see name="Sukarno's grave" alt="Makam Bung Karno" address="" directions="" phone="" email="" fax="" url="" hours="" price="">This fits it well with a visit to Candi Penataran as it is on the same road mid-way between Blitar and the temple. Indonesia's first president and independence hero Sukarno has undergone a huge rehabilitation in the eyes of Indonesians since the downfall of the Soeharto dictatorship and his grave here is flamboyantly decorated and worth a quick stop after seeing Penataran.</see> | | * <see name="Sukarno's grave" alt="Makam Bung Karno" address="" directions="" phone="" email="" fax="" url="" hours="" price="">This fits it well with a visit to Candi Penataran as it is on the same road mid-way between Blitar and the temple. Indonesia's first president and independence hero Sukarno has undergone a huge rehabilitation in the eyes of Indonesians since the downfall of the Soeharto dictatorship and his grave here is flamboyantly decorated and worth a quick stop after seeing Penataran.</see> |
This quiet town's main claim to fame is as the birth and burial place of Indonesia's founding father, Sukarno. Other main attractions for visitors are the very active volcano Mount Kelud, a scattering of Majapahit era Hindu temples and a couple of nice beaches.
