The Sasana Adirasa "Pangeran Samber Nyawa" (Jakarta)

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The Sasana Adirasa is a place for worship for followers of faith and spiritualism. Pangeran Samber Nyawa is an aristocrat from Surakarta famous for his supernatural powers, skilled in warfare strategy and who refused to collaborate with Dutch VOC. His given name is Raden Mas Said, but after the Salatiga treaty he was crowned king of Mangkunegaran with the title KGPAA Mangkunegara I.

The 1.612 m2 large building on a 3.080 m2 area faces Eastward, adjacent to the Vihara, the West Java Pavilion and the Central Java Pavilion. It was built in 1973 and officially opened in 1975.
The roof construction is in the form of a meru, is made of shingles, composed of three layers of which the last is 16 meters high. Part of the wall is made of teak wood and carved artistically (krawangan), while the other part is made of glass making the place broad daylight and naturally cool. The place is divided into an underground space used as a library, offices, storage room and room for the guard; the main room is used for meetings for the followers of the faith and spiritualism. Outside the main building is a building for meditation and toilets.

The entire building resembles a large pendapha of Javanese style building that can be used for various spiritual programs. The followers of the faith and spiritualism routinely hold an informal discussion or sarasehan every Tuesday Kliwon.(Anggoro Kasih). Every year, on the first of Suro, the first month of the Moslem Calendar, they also hold sarasehan activities followed by alternative therapy activities for a whole week.