Jambi Cultural Heritage

Jambi Cultural Heritage

Have any plan to explore Indonesia? Any itinerary have been planned for your traveling to Indonesia? Have you decided which part of Indonesia will you explore? What about exploring Jambi Cultural Heritage in Muara Jambi tourism village, Maro Sebo district, Muaro Jambi regency, Jambi Province?

At Jambi Cultural Heritage area, you will explore the amazing Muarajambi Temple Compound Site. It is about 35 km from the Sultan Thaha airport in Jambi. You can reach The site within 40 minutes by land transportation or one hour through Batanghari River.

 The site is spread along 7.5 km of the Batanghari riverbanks. Visitors can reach the temple compounds through the old canals or man-made rivers, that connect the Batanghari riverbanks with the Site.

What are The Unique of Jambi Cultural Heritage?

The Historical Value

According to the archeologist findings, the Muarajambi Temple Compound Site that covers an area of 2062 hectares Jambi Cultural Heritage area is a relic of ancient Malay Kingdom. There were at least 82 ruins of ancient Temples made of brick construction.

Eight of 82 Temples have been restored such as Kembarbatu , Gumpung , Tinggi , Gedong I , Gedong II, Kedaton, Koto Mahligai, and Astano. The site was a Buddhist education center functioning during the 7th and 8th centuries. It is also supported by the results of archaeological research about the similarity between the bricks used to build the Muaro Jambi shrine and those making up Buddhist temples in India. Thus has made the Site to become the largest Compound Site in Southeast Asia.

As a part of the restoration process of the Site, the local community also planted Sumatran endemic plants to cover the remaining unrestored structures. In addition, the government and local community were also working together to restore the ancient canals in Jambi River and the Telago Rajo Ponds.

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