Mbah Maridjan

Mbah Maridjan
Born(1927-02-05)5 February 1927
Dukuh Kinahrejo, Umbulharjo Village, Cangkringan, Sleman, Yogyakarta Sultanate, Dutch East Indies
Died26 October 2010(2010-10-26) (aged 83)
Sleman, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Cause of deathKilled by the 2010 eruption of Mount Merapi
OccupationJuru kunci (gatekeeper) of Mount Merapi
TitleMas 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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