Pilgrimage
Tour
Bathoro Katong Grave
Bathoro Katong grave is located in
Sentono village, Jenangan district, about 2 km to
the east from the centre of the city. Bathoro Katong
was the founder and the first Regent of Ponorogo and
also the leading figure of the disseminator of Islam
religion in Ponorogo.
He was the descendants of Brawijaya King from Majapahit
and Raden Patah Brother from Demak kingdom that was
the first Islam kingdom in Java. In this funeral complex
was also buried the other leading figure of Ponorogo,
that is Patih Seliaji and Kyai (the religious teacher)
Ageng Mirah.
In certain time especially in Suro month and Ruwah
(the Javanese calendar), in Bathoro Katong funeral
complex is often visited by many pilgrims who want
to pray for the soul who was buried.
This funeral complex is also believed by many people
as the effective place to pray, because of that, this
place was always busy by the visitors who have pilgrim.
Astana Srindil
Grave
The location is in the foot of hill in Badengan district
about 15 km to the west from the centre of the city.
That was buried the Regent Sumoroto and his descendants.
It is often visited by the pilgrim on Tuesday Kliwon.
The Grave
of Raden Jayengrono Pulung
 Jayengrono
grave was the son from Haryo Mataundari Kasunanan
Surakarta.
Whereas his mother was the descendants from Bathoro
Katong. Narrated when he opened the forest, he found
'pesing' (smelly that spread) flavoured citrus fruit,
so as the area named the Jeruksing. Further he moving
to the east that now named Pulung. This area became
the perdikan village. The grave of Merto Hadinegoro
Tajung was located in the Tajug village. Here in buried
R. Adipati Mertohatinegoro. The first Ponorogo regent
in the Middle city, he is Jayengrono and Bathoro Katong
descendants.
The Tegal
Sari Mosque
was the old mosque the legacy of Kyai (the religious
teacher) Muhammad Besari that it seems was the descendants
from the Prophet Muhammad SAW. In the mosque had studied
a person named Mas Burhan that in the future was known
as Raden Ronggo Warsito, of a big poet from the Surokarto
kingdom. This mosque was located in the Jetis district.
The Gontor Modern Islamic Boarding School
was located in the Mlarak district, was the first
modern hut and the biggest in Indonesia.
Known nationally in fact to be international.
His student came from various neighbouring countries
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