
As
a pilgrimage tourism village, Wonosari - Gunung Kawi
(
Mt Kawi)
has many beautiful, special and impressive mountainous
panorama, which noted as one of the most fascinating
villages in the South-Western part of Malang Regency.
Most people know that this village has a special site
where the tomb of grandfather Iman Soedjono, one of
the seventy nobleman who took arms againts the Dutch
occupation led by Prince Diponegoro in 1825 - 1830.
Next to the grave of grandfather Iman Soedjono lied
the tomb of grandfather Djoego or Kiai Zakaria II,
a local figure who first pioneered a new technology
in farming at that time. Usually the visitors that
come to visit this place believe that the pilgrimage
will bring fortune to their works, the future life,
such as: trading, making a health farming, etc. The
suggested time to visit the sacred sepulchers is customarily
on Thursday evening or "Jum'at Legi" (Javanese
Calendar). The tombs themselves have long been equipped
with adequate facilities for both pilgrimages and
vacationers. The accessibility is reachable, public
transportation or not, 30 km a way to the Southwest
from Malang.