Global InformationMbah Maridjan information
Mbah Maridjan | |
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| Born | 5 February 1927 Dukuh Kinahrejo, Umbulharjo Village, Cangkringan, Sleman, Yogyakarta Sultanate, Dutch East Indies |
| Died | 26 October 2010 (aged 83) Sleman, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
| Cause of death | Killed by the 2010 eruption of Mount Merapi |
| Occupation | Juru kunci (gatekeeper) of Mount Merapi |
| Title | Mas Penewu Surakso Hargo |
Mas Penewu Surakso Hargo, better known as Mbah Maridjan ("Grandfather Maridjan") (5 February 1927?[1] – 26 October 2010) was the spiritual guardian[2] or "gatekeeper" of the Indonesian volcano Mount Merapi. His birthplace was in the mountainside hamlet (Javanese language-dukuh) of Kinahrejo, Umbulharjo Village, Cangkringan District, of the Sleman Regency, on the island of Java in Indonesia.
He was killed at the age of 83 by a pyroclastic flow that destroyed his home in the village of Kinahrejo during the 2010 eruption of Mount Merapi.[3]
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