A
masterpiece came from the hand of Balinese Artist Nyoman Nuarta, shaped as a
large statue which built at Mandala Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park, bukit
Ungasan Jimbaran Bali, still on going processed and plan to be finished in the
year of 2005, designed to be the landmark for tourism of Bali and Indonesia.
The establishment of the statue is
God Wisnu the Protector God of Hinduism riding on mythical bird Garuda,
inspired from Adi Parwa's tale on the episode of Garuda with his loyal and
sacrifice to save his mother from the shackles of slavery life, by devoted his
life to serve the God Wisnu by being his means of transportation.
[
Statue of Garuda Wisnu Kencana at Candi Belahan, East Java, was built during
the time of Majapahit on Airlangga's reign who ruled over Java and Bali in the
11 century, inspired the development of Garuda Wisnu Statues which could found
in many places in Bali. ]
The tale tells about a whirlpool in
a sea of milk created by gods and giants by using Mount Mandara. The whirlpool
caused a horse called Oncesrawa to appear, and then the Tirtha Amertha (the water
of life). Anybody who drinks the Tirtha Amertha, he will never die because he
will never experience being old. He will look young at all times. The gods and
giants then fought to get the water, but finally the gods prevailed and took
the water to keep in heaven.
Based on the tale, the Garuda eagle, the son of Goddess Winata, fought hard to
get the Tirtha Amertha to free his mother from 1,000 dragons, the sons of
Goddess Kadru, which had made his mother a slave. The Garuda eagle, accompanied
by his parents' prayers, fought his best to beat the gods in the heaven to get
the Tirtha Amertha. After a long fight, finally they made an agreement that the
gods would hand over the Tirtha Amertha on one condition, i.e. that the Garuda
eagle would serve God Wisnu. Garuda was very pleased with the offer because he
knew that he would be able to free his mother.
Garuda eagle then took the Tirtha Amertha to the 1,000 dragons, which wanted to
have eternal lives. His mother safe and free. Then Garuda told the
dragons," You are all only allowed to drink the Tirtha Amertha after
having a bath." The dragons soon went to bathe in the nearby river and
left the water unattended. None of them realized that the water should never be
left unattended. Finally, God Indra came and took the Tirtha Amertha and
returned it to the heaven.
The Garuda Wisnu Kencana statue is hoped to stimulate the dynamic of physical
and spiritual values, and the balance between skala and niskala (the real and
unreal worlds) so that harmony on the earth can be created. The Garuda Wisnu
Kencana Statue is the symbol of the mission of environmental safeguard and the
world savior.
THE DIMENSION OF GARUDA WISNU KENCANA STATUE
Outwardly the size of the Garuda Wisnu Kencana statue is 146 meters high and above sea level is 283 meters. Wing's wide is 66 meter with 4000 tons total weight. The statue is made from mix copper and brass welding, several parts coat with mosaic of gold. This 146 meters high has two components there are the principal constituent the statue and the pedestal with its function as the central of World Cultural Forum For the time being, the 15% of the statue figure as Wisnu with 22 meter high exhibited at Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park, meanwhile the construction of the whole statue still on going process.
-PUVANESVARAN MATHIVALLAN (A13A1044)
-L1T2/ Group 5
-L1T2/ Group 5
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