Cerita Relief Garudeya Di Goa Selomangleng Kediri, Serta Filosofisnya Sebagai Lambang Negara Indonesia

Abstract

The relief carved on historic buildings are not only used as decoration, but have an important meaning. One of the reliefs that has important meaning is the Garudeya relief in Selomangleng Cave Kediri. The Garudeyan relief tells of an liberation. The story of Garudeya itself is one of the foundations Garuda being used as the symbol of the Indonesian state. The purpose of this study to find out 1) What is the story of the Garudeya relief in Selomangleng Cave Kediri? 2) What is the reason for the Garudeya story to be used as a philosophical symbol for the Indonesian state? 3) What is the process for selecting the Indonesian state symbol? This research uses a qualitative research approach with the type of ethnographic research. The data result this research were obtained through library research, observation, documentation, and interviews. The conclusion obtained is that the Garudeya relief in Selomangleng Cave Kediri, tells about the liberation efforts made by Garuda to free his mother, namely goddess Winata, from the bondage of slavery to goddess Kadru and the dragon snakes. Because the story of the Garudeya relief is similar to the history of the Indonesian nation, Sultan Hamid II proposed Garuda to be used as the symbol of the Indonesian state