East Java Tourism News

Exploring Tourism and Religion Beach at Kenjeran

September 20th, 2006

Pantai Ria Kenjeran (Kenjeran Recreational Beach) offers multi interest tourism. There are water-park and religious tourism marked by the statue of Goddess of Kwan Im as high as 20 meters.

Pantai Ria Kenjeran becomes one of Surabaya tourism icons. It occupies an area of 100 hectares on the East side of Surabaya and offers various Surabaya coastal typical entertainments starting from sport amusement, cultural and religious tourism until edutainment.

It is just that Pantai Ria Kenjeran is different from Parangtritis Beach tourism or other South coasts. Because of its natural condition, it is impossible for people to go diving, swimming and so on at seashore.

But don’t be gloomy, there is Kenjeran Water Park, swimming pool with various depth. Even for Your children, there is a surfboard as high as more than 10 meters cheering up your family vacation.

Pantai Ria Kenjeran also has comfortable place to enjoy Surabaya typical foods at seashore. This place is arranged as typical China architecture the same as Kya-Kya on Kembang Jepun. Nowadays, Kenjeran Kya-Kya has become the choice of Surabaya family.

Kenjeran Kya-Kya holds Full Moon Festival on each mid September for one month. This Festival is also a part of religious ritual presenting thousands of Chinese lanterns in Kenjeran Kya-Kya. To cheer up Full Moon Festival with thousands of Chinese lanterns, the management is now building a new Kya-Kya building on the East side of the beach.

Pantai Ria Kenjeran also provides indoor football facilities completed with more than fields. For those who like combat game, there is a Blast area for airsfot gun lovers. By only spending Rp. 30.000, You can act as counter terrorist team or terrorist by using replica weapon.

Pantai Ria Kenjeran also provides a place for those who are fond of speeding up. In Racing Park, You can channel the fondness of speeding up. Not only car, motorbike, or just go-kart., You can even spur your race horse in Kenjeran race field.

To reach Taman Ria Kenjeran (Kenjeran Amusement Park), you can use personal vehicle passing Kenjeran Street headed to the East or You can also use public transports (bemo) from Joyoboyo Terminal directly to Kenjeran and to enter this area, You only have to pay Rp. 4000 for car and Rp. 1.500 for motorbike.

Kenjeran Park Beautifies itself

Bad image owened by Pantai Ria Kenjeran will be changed by the management of Pantai Ria Kenjeran. At night, barely visible lighting cannot be found anymore. Beautiful lamps that are set make blurred atmosphere turns into bathed in light.

It is not enough, later along the beach, there will be Sea Food Resto like the one in Muarakarang Jakarta that serves Surabaya typical sea food such as Lontong Kupang, Sate Kerang, Kepiting Rebus and so on.

The management of Pantai Ria Kenjeran collaborated with Surabaya University will build Kenjeran Edutainment Park. In it, later, will be presented media for learning science through game the same as in Jatim Park.

Next year, it is also planned to build remote control circuit for those who love automotive, riding school for those who are fond of riding horse and pet shop for those who love animals. The beautification is done to ease the filthy, dirty, or untidy image at Pantai Ria Kenjeran.

Religious Tourism at the Seashore

For the last six years, the members of Three Dharma (The Followers of Budha, Kong Fu Tsu, and Tao) have owned luxurious new religious service place. The building is located at Kenjeran seashore inside the area of Pantai Ria Kenjeran . The name of the building is Sanggar Agung (The Great House Temple).

One thing that is striking from this building is the statue of Goddess Kwan Im Pou Sat as high as 20 meters accompanied by her associates, 2 small children, 2 gods standing on Her right and left sides. Whereas under the Goddess, there are two gigantic dragons bend to fight for a ball of magic jewel.

Another specific characteristic of this Sanggar Agung is the statue of Buddha or Deity Four Faced God (Four Faced Buddha Monument) as high as 9 meters (36 meters including the dome). The monument that was dedicated on November 9th, 2004 had been recorded by MURI (Indonesia Record Museum) as the biggest and highest statue of Buddha in Indonesia.

This building is located on an area of 225 meter squares framed by 4 white elephants in the four points of the compass. According to DUDI ANANDA, Manager of PT Granting Jaya, the building contractor of the monument, who was once interviewed by Mossaik (Suara Surabaya Media Group), the building is almost the same as Four Faced Buddha Monument in Thailand but the whole building including the statue in Surabaya is higher than the building in Thailand.. Whereas for the statue, the statue in Thailand is higher than the one in Surabaya.

The Statue of Four Faced Buddha has deep philosophy. It brings four Buddha’s good natures, namely, mercy, magnanimous, fair and meditation. Whereas each of 8 hands owned by Four Faced Buddha brings holy book, holy water, weapon of defense, weapon to fight the evil, the book of holy scriptures, prayer beads, pennant, and cupu (box for pills).

Texts of Photographs :
1. The Sun set of Kenjeran Beach
2. Kwan Im Statue at the edge of Kenjeran Beach
3. Religion Rites at Buddha Four Faces Statue
4. Kya-kya, for them who likes to eat on the beach edge.

source : www.suarasurabaya.net

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