√ 10 Religious Tourism Places in Tuban, East Java
Religious Tourism in the City of Wali Tuban – Tuban is one of the districts in East Java known as the City of Mayors. The number of guardian graves there makes Tuban district nicknamed the City of Wali.
Religious Tourism City of Wali Tuban
It is recorded that there are 7 guardian tombs in Tuban. The tombs are visited by many pilgrims from within the city and outside the city. Indirectly, the tomb has become a religious tourism object that is not only visited by Muslims.
People of other religions also visit there because they want to see the history of these saints. In addition to the guardian’s tomb, there are also other religious tours such as temples and mosques. Check out the reviews religious tourism in Tuban below this.
Following 10 Religious Tourism Places in the City of Wali Tuban
1. Great Mosque of Tuban
This mosque, the pride of the people of Tuban, was built during the reign Adipati Raden Ario Tedjo who is the 7th regent of Tuban. The mosque was renovated for the first time during the reign of Regent Raden Tumenggung Kusumodigdo, 35th Regent of Tuban.
The mosque which is adjacent to Sunan Bonang’s tomb is the forerunner to the spread of Islam in Tuban, it was in this mosque that Sunan Bonang taught Islam to the public. This mosque is already very well known in Tuban and is a religious tourist spot in the city of Tuban.
2. Mosque Ashabul Kahfi Perut Bumi Al-Maghribi
Besides being known as the City of Wali, Tuban is also known as the City of Wali City of a Thousand Caves. There is even a mosque inside the cave. The mosque, which has the name Ashabul Kahfi Al-Maghribi Mosque, is located in a cave on Jalan Gedungombo, Semanding District, Tuban Regency.
Even though it is in Goa, it does not limit Kyai Subhan in making his architectural art. Precisely makes this mosque look extraordinary and unique. Apart from being a mosque, this cave functions as an Al-Maghribi Islamic boarding school.
The Ashabul Kahfi Mosque has until now become a destination for zaroh or religious tourism in the city of Tuban.
3. Kwan Sing Bio Temple
Apart from religious tourism for Muslims, in Tuban there are also religious tours for followers of other religions, namely the Kwan Sing Bio Temple. The temple, which is located in downtown Tuban, is one of the largest in Asia.
This temple adheres to the teachings of the Tri Dharma, namely Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, that’s why this temple is called Kwan Sing Bio Temple which means to worship and respect the God Kwan Kong.
One of the uniqueness of the Kwan Sing Bio Temple is that it has a gate shaped like a crab. The crab icon was taken because this temple was previously built in a pond area with lots of crabs. The crab symbol is also believed to protect the pagoda and its people from evil elements.
4. Sunan Bonang’s tomb
The name is Bonang is one of the Wali Songo who was influential in the spread of Islam in Central Java. Meanwhile, in West Java, Sunan Gunung Jati is influential.
The name Bonang itself is taken from the name of a village in Rembang, and the original grave is in Bonang village. However, the most frequently visited is his grave in Tuban.
The existence of the two graves is because there used to be a student from Madura who greatly admired Sunan Bonang.
After Sunan Bonang died, the student wanted to bring Sunan Bonang’s shroud and clothes to Madura. However, this was not conveyed because when they were in Tuban, the other students found out about this and fought over it.
5. Tomb of Syeh Maulana Ibrahim Asmaraqandi
Sheikh Maulana Ibrahim Asmaraqandi is the father of Sunan Ampel. Syeh Maulana himself comes from the Middle East, to be precise in Samarkand, Central Asia. Because the Javanese could not pronounce Samarkand, the name Asmaraqandi became.
Around 1362 Saka/1440 AD Syeh Maulana came to Java. However, he did not immediately land in Java but stopped first in Palembang.
After that he went to Java, to be precise in Gesik (now Gesikharjo) with the intention of meeting the Majapahit king who married his wife’s sister, Dewi Darawati. In addition, he came to Java to spread Islam.
6. Tomb of Sunan Bejagung Lor
The real name of Sunan Bejagung Lor is Sayyid Abdullah Asy’ari bin Sayyid Jamaluddin Kubro. He is the younger brother of Syeh Maulana Ibrahim Asmaraqandi.
Sunan Bejagung himself comes from Hadramaut or Saudi Arabia and still has a lineage with the Prophet Muhammad. He came to Java to spread Islam and help solve the economic problems of society at that time.
Sunan Bejagung died and was buried in Bejagung Village, Semanding District or 2 KM to the south of downtown Tuban.
7. Tomb of Sunan Bejagung Kidul
Not far from the Tomb of Sunan Bejagung Lor, there is a tomb of Sunan Bejagung Kidul. The two tombs are only 400 meters apart and separated by a village road.
If in the tomb of Sunan Bejagung Lor the one buried is Sayyid Abdullah Asy’ari then in the tomb of Bejagung Kidul is the tomb of Syeh Hasyim Amaluddin, he is the son-in-law of Sunan Bejagung Lor.
The tomb of Sunan Bejagung Kidul is not as crowded as the tomb of Sunan Bejagung Lor which is on the side of the road. There are only a few pilgrims here.
8. Tomb of Syech Achmad Cholil
Syech Achmad Cholil’s grave is located in Rawasan Village, Jenu District, Tuban Regency. This tomb was discovered in 2000 by Muhammad Nawawi (Mbah Nawawi), through spiritual communication.
Around the tomb there is a sacred well, the well never recedes and does not increase even though it rains. Once upon a time the well water rose to the top, and not long after that the Tsunami disaster occurred in Aceh in 2004.
In this regency there are also several tourist attractions in the form of beautiful beaches that can be visited after visiting the tomb of Sheikh Achmad Cholil. One of them is Tuban Pine Beach.
9. Sunan Geseng Tomb
Sunan Geseng named Kyai Cokrojoyo is a loyal disciple of Sunan Kalijaga. Long story short, Sunan Kalijaga ordered him to wait for him to come back and stick a piece of bamboo stuck in front of him.
Because it took quite a long time, finally a piece of bamboo that was stuck became dense. To wake up Cokrojoyo, Sunan Kalijaga burned the bamboo tree and Cokrojoyo was scorched (Geseng) but did not die. Since then he was called Sunan Geseng.
Sunan Geseng’s grave is in Gesing Village, Semanding District, Tuban.
10. Tomb of Sheikh Subakir
Syech Subakir was the first Islamic figure to come to Java, he was the one who conquered Java. It is said that when he arrived, Java Island was still a forest that was haunted and filled with jinns.
That’s why the island of Java at that time often experienced earthquakes, until finally Syech Subakir expelled the genie and stuck 3 earth nails so that the island of Java would not have frequent earthquakes.
No one knows the original tomb of Syeh Subakir, some say that he died in Persia and that the tomb in Java is only the site of his remains.
In Java itself, there are two tombs of Syeh Subakir, the first in the Tidar mountain area, Central Java and the second in Tasikharjo Village, Jenu District, Tuban Regency.
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This is information about the location religious tourism in the city of Tuban which can be used as a tourist destination with groups of pilgrims or with family.
