Mbah Maridjan, Indonesian spiritual leader (born 1927)

Mbah Maridjan

Indonesian spiritual guardian (1927–2010)

Mas Penewu Surakso Hargo, better known as Mbah Maridjan was the spiritual guardian or "gatekeeper" of the Indonesian volcano Mount Merapi. His birthplace was in the mountainside hamlet of Kinahrejo, Umbulharjo Village, Cangkringan District, of the Sleman Regency, on the island…