List of sacred places in Java

Note that Java has at least three main cultural regions determined in part by the linguistic usages.

Regions in Java

However, as known in Javanese language usage, vocabulary usage in the south western central Java region (Cilacap) can be significantly different from north eastern central Java region (Mount Muria).

Jakarta
Sundanese (or West Java)
Javanese (or Central Java and East Java)
Tenggerese (or Mount Bromo region)

In each region there are significant numbers of locations that are either currently known as sacred, or have been documented in the past as sacred places.

Places

In most cases all Candi of Indonesia locations are considered as sacred - despite being in ruins or in advanced stages of decay.

Borobudur in the Kedu valley west of Mount Merapi in central Java, Buddhist temple
Mount Tidar in Magelang

Menang, in Pagu sub-district of Kediri Regency, dedicated to King Jayabaya of Kediri
Prambanan, Hindu temple
Ratu Boko
Turgo a hill on the southern slopes of Merapi

Many graveyards are considered sites of Ziarah or pilgrimage at points of time in the Javanese calender.

Makam Wali Songo (The Tombs of the Wali Songo) the nine Islamic Saints who propagated Islam in Java.
Imogiri south of Yogyakarta is a royal graveyard.

Tembayat also known as Bayat is a graveyard visited by Sultan Agung