Batara Guru

Batara Guru: He is the king of all gods in the wayang classic and Siwa the Destroyer in the Hindu pantheon. Father of Hunaman. Betara Guru or Sang Hyang Manikmaya, the son of Sang Hyang Tunggal, the grand-son of Sang Hyang Wenang was the king of all gods and lived in the abode of gods, Suralaya. He was also assigned by his father as the power holder of the universe.

He was very wise and had a very refined behavior. But sometimes he behaved like ordinary human-beings, he also made mistakes. A Guru (teacher) had to act carefully, politely and wisely, otherwise he could do something which was harmful to others and to himself. For his misdeeds, he had received appropriate punishment. He had no perfect body anymore. He had weak legs, four arms, skin blemish on his neck and a tusk in his mouth as predicted by his father. When he was young Sang Hyang Tunggal had told him that he would had some physical defects if he did not behave in a good manner. He regretted very much his mistakes.Having a tusk lika a giant was a curse from his wife, Dewi Uma, because he could not control his lust. Dewi Uma as a goddess should not curse as it was against the wise teachings. Once he forced to make love with his wife in an unproper place, as the result: a scary god-giant, Kala was born. Kala always disturbed the peaceful life of human-beings.

Other time, he could not stop his desire, seeing a half-naked Anjani bathing in a lake. Anoman, a white monkey was born, luckily Anoman turned to be a wise monkey. Despite his human mistakes, he had done many positive things to preserve a good and correct life in the universe.