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Monte Hair Lake and Temple

If you want to go to Monte Hair from Blitar City you can head east toward Malang via Garum - Talun - Wlingi. From Wlingi you head towards the village of Cement - Tulungrejo - Krisik. There are directions to Monte Hair, so you will have no trouble finding the way. On the way you will see the view of the terrace and the tea garden is really soothing. The access road to the Monte Hair Lakes tourism site has been paved well despite approaching the location of many broken asphalt parts, but still within a reasonable scale for the vehicle. Access roads can be passed by two-wheeled vehicles or four wheels.

Monte's Hair Temple is the first building to be seen when entering a tourist location. The existence of this temple indicates that this location is a historic place. Besides the temple there are artifacts "Lingga Yoni" which is a symbol of fertility. The existence of these artifacts also indicate that this Monte Hair Temple is in the days of the Hindu Kingdom in Indonesia.

There used to be several statues (artifacts) at the Monte Rambut Lake location before the G30S / PKI incident. Some statues were stolen by irresponsible parties and some statues were found in Bali by the Antiquities Department. Monte temple in the form of monkey and dragon relief stone was also associated with the story of Mbah Monte. Mbah Monte of Majapahit fought against Rahwana and a dragon which was finally won by Mbah Monte. Finally Mbah Monte cursed both into a temple.

Monte Hair Lake located under the Monte Hair Temple. In this lake there are ancient fish that supposedly is a god fish. Lake is not too broad with a very clear water and colored rather tosca this is one tourist attraction in this place. In addition, surrounded by green trees make monte hair can be the most appropriate choice for refreshing for a moment.

This lake has a water source in the middle, causing blue tosca color effect. The coolness of Monte's Lake Shower looks perfect with dozens of fish Sengkaring. Although clear water makes the water source visible not deep, precisely the depth of this water source can not be estimated because it is very deep with the water base in the form of mud. So, if you want to swim is already provided a safer swimming pool at the side of the lake.

Monte Hair Lake was used for ritual washing and soaking heirlooms such as kris. The deep waters make the rituals have to use boats to wash the heirlooms above the water source. As the century progressed, the boats to the lake were already submerged at the bottom of the lake.

Fish Sengkaring (Tor Soro / Tor Tambra) live in Monte's Hair Water. The original Indonesian fish is also called Gods Fish. In other areas it is called Udikan Fish, Kambangan, Tambram, Kancra, Jurung and Semah with spreading in Sumatra, Kalimantan and Java. Sengkaring Fish including the sacred fish in various regions. In East Java, ancient fish that are almost extinct is only found in two locations namely Banyu Biru Bathing in Pasuruan and Telaga Rambut Monte in Blitar. It is a sacred fish, no one dare to capture, kill or cook this fish. In Padang, West Sumatra, Sengkaring fish take at certain times with ceremonies conducted by local religious leaders. There are several myths that became the origin of Sengkaring Fish in Monte Monte Hair, namely:
>Sengkaring fish is a form of pupil Mbah Monte who was cursed for not doing the command, which is to keep Monte's Hair Temple.
>Sengkaring fish is a form of the cursed Majapahit warriors.

Not only around the Monte Hair Lake, there is a concrete building built to enjoy the view of the lake from above. Before it was built, this building is just a small building of wood that jutted into the lake. Now the building at the side of the lake has been restored with a swimming pool on its side which is equipped with rinse rooms. Once a year at this location is held a convoy of all kinds of art at the expense of goats (wedhus kendit). Goats will be slaughtered in the village and taken to the location of Monte Hair, then after the ceremony (slametan), the meat is distributed to the villagers. This ceremony aims to launch the community's fortune.

The Monte Water resort sights opened into a tourist spot since 1976 and is managed privately. In 1996 this resort is managed by local government. Formerly Monte's Hair Lake is not as wide now. With the end of G30S / PKI in 1965, the lake was widened by former PKI prisoners alive.

Here are some things that became the origin of this lake was given the name of Monte Hair
>In terms of legend: At the time of Majapahit, there was a man named Mbah Monte who fought against the ravine and a dragon who was later condemned to Monte Rambut Temple. The lake beneath this temple was named Monte Monte Hair, following the name of the temple.
>In terms of nature: The release of water sources in the lake form long air bubbles resembling monte, so called Monte Hair.
>In the mystical sense: Mbah Rambut Bakah is the watchman of the lake, so the lake is named Monte Monte. So on Friday Legi, Friday Kliwon and Tuesday Kliwon, anyone can hold individual rituals at the temple for personal.

When you enter the area of ​​Monte Hair you will be subject to retribution. Here's a list of retributions written at the entrance area of ​​monte hair tourism in accordance with Local Regulation No. 13 of 2011:
>Adult Rp. 3,000 / person
>Children Rp. 2,000 / person
>Entourage discount 15% (minimum number 25 people)

As for the vehicle parking is as follows:
>Bus Rp. 3,000 parking spaces
>Mini bus Rp. 2,000 parking spaces
>Motorcycles Rp. 1,000 once parking

In addition, there is also a source of Dandang is a small dam located not far from Monte Hair Lake. First before dammed, this lake-like location was used to bathe the villagers because the water was warm when it was morning and cold during the day. The water color of the Dandang Dam is not much different from Monte Hair, bluish water. This place is named Dandang Dam because when the night, the sound of the flow of water is similar to the sound of boiling water in the pan (dandang) and the sound sometimes disturb the local people. Since the victims of tourists drowned, at the location of Dandang dam there is a hard prohibition for bathing.