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Teakwood (scient. Tectona grandis L.f) statues representing the couple

of Dewi Sri the goddess of rice and her consort Sadono. They were
venerated by the Hindu Javanese agrarian populations as a symbol
of prosperity and fertility.
Prerogative of the Hindu Javanese aristocracy, in the past there was
always a room in traditional houses of royal family which was
specially made for worshiping Dewi Sri, the goddess of rice. The room
was furnished with a set of bed and other offering stuffs, and it's
called pasren or petanen, stand for the words pa-sri-an and pa-tani-an
which means the place of Dewi Sri and the storage of the agricultural
products.
Other stuffs placed before bed are a couple or the Javanese bride
and groom LORO BLONYO, one set of jar, one set of rice paddy
and crops containers and robyong lamp which always flames up.
Most of the Javanese agrarian believed and worshipped Dewi Sri
as the blessing goddess. They store their crops one night in pasren
before it's taken to the ceremony next day.
In a wedding, the bride and groom meeting ceremony was held
before the pasren, to have Dewi Sri the goddess bless their life and
turn their life into the ones of Dewi Ratih and Dewa Kamajaya, The
God of Love.

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“Pasren”
Museum Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia

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