Stone of Footstep Print of Gaja Puti

Stone of footstep print of  Gaja Puti
in Huta Ginjang, Bakara (Foto, 2006)

Stone of footstep print of Gaja Puti (White Elephant) found in Bakara. Located on the slopes, Huta Ginjang, Bakara, and there beside the springs emanating from the crack rocks. Until now, local people still use it as a source of drinking water.

In Ancient Batak this site is a place of "ritual" and drinking Gaja Puti. This footprint is not a work of sculpture, but is formed through the footrests Gaja Puti the "sacred" and the magic power of King Sisingamangaraja. So is the spring that flows through the fountain splashed after I plugged the treasures of King Sisingamangaraja Hujur Siringis / Hujur Sitonggo Mual with the request to Ompu Mulajadi Na Bolon, as the highest God of Batak.  

This Gaja Puti was one of the symbol royal succession from Raja Uti Mutiaraja (Kingdom Barus) to Sisingamangaraja of Bakara, to become a new rising Kingdom. White Elephant is an animal "special" and are considered "sacred", so it becomes a symbol, legend and mythology.  

According to Hindu belief, the white elephant is the king of elephants, and white elephant named Airawata is the god Indra's steeds. As for the Buddhist population of this animal as a symbol of knowledge and goodness, in connection with the dream of "white elephant" Queen Maya's mother before the birth of the Buddha.

Thailand is called the white elephant country, where the white elephant symbol of prosperity and happiness. For Myanmar (Burma Nations), the white elephant as a symbol of power and good fortune. In Indonesia, High plains Gayo, Aceh, is called the White Elephant World (Bumi Gajah Puteh), has its own tale and legend of the White Elephant.

Harangan Situan Habonaran (Tombak Sulusulu)

Harangan Situan Habonaran or Tombak Sulusulu (Image, 2006)

Harangan Situan Habonaran or Tombak Sulusulu is the sacred places of Bakara’s history. In this Tombak Sulusulu  mother of the First Sisingamangaraja prayed a request to Ompu Mulajadi Na Bolon to get a son,and granted. In this place he went on to his son who became King in the Land of Batak,"King Sisingamangaraja." Harangan or tombak means forest, Situan Habonaran means place of the truth and sulu-sulu means torch lights.

Small forest on the rocky hill country rock at Bakara is overgrown ith various species of plants shrubs and trees, one of which Hau Sangkam Madeha, the biggest three there. There was Aek Manuruk (small well) but is now dry. 

In the midst of this forest there is a stone cave formed from boulders gap. This cave is where the place of King Sisingamangaraja to pray (martonggo/prayer request).

In one of tonggo  (prayer) King Sisingamangaraja, Tombak Sulu-sulu stated:

“Adian ni Batara Guru, Parmanuk-manuk Patia Raja

Parsombaon harangan sulu-sulu, paraek na manuruk,

Sulu-sulu ni Debata, sulu-sulu ni sombaon

Si sulu ni hata na pintor, si sulu ni hata na geduk.

Means, Tombak Sulu-sulu is the place of rest Batara Guru (the God), as the owner of Heaven Bird, name Patia Raja (Hulambu Jati Bird); sacred place the holiness of Sulu-sulu forest, where the water dived; the truth of Gods and the holiness, the giver of wise words and the truth.

It may be also Spear Sulusulu is nowhere mentioned by William Marsden, in his History of Sumatra (1811), about the location of the first man fall to the earth, the daughter ofGuru, named Puti Orla Bulan, in the Bakara:

“…Batara Guru, had a daughter named Puti-Orla-Bulan, who requested permission to descend to these lower regions, and accordingly came down on a white owl, accompanied by a dog; but not being able, by reason of the waters, to continue there, her father let fall from heaven a lofty mountain, named Bakarra, now situated in the Batta country, as a dwelling for his child; and from this mountain all other land gradually proceeded.”