Children Are Allowed To Embrace Hinduism, These Are 5 Moments Of Closeness Between Sukmawati And Paundrakarna

JAKARTA - Sukmawati Soekarnoputri started the Sudhi Wadani process today with the highlight of the event on October 26 tomorrow. The event which was held for families only was accommodated by Dr. I Gusti Ngurah Arya Wedakarna, President of The Sukarno Center Tampaksiring as well as President of The Hindu Center of Indonesia.

Arya Wedakarna admitted that he was appointed by Sukmawati to help organize the Sudhi Wadhani ceremony or the inauguration ceremony and ratification of the words or promises of someone who sincerely and with a pure heart declares that he adheres to Hinduism.

"So we help and the preparations are good and it's just a matter of implementation later. But in principle, we renamed the Sudhi Wadhani ceremony back to Hinduism. Mrs. Sukmawati returned to Hinduism based on ancestral instructions, based on a fairly high spiritual process that took a long time so that in the end," he said.

In addition, his party also conveyed that Sukmawati Soekarnoputri's conversion to Hinduism had gone through an approval process with her family.

"Both the families of his sons and daughters are the main ones and also his relatives. Mrs. Megawati, Mrs. Rachmawati, the late Mr. Guntur. Everything is in the process, so it's just an event like that," he said.

According to Arya, Sukmawati's decision to convert was not an impromptu decision. "He has gone through the process for maybe decades, finally, on October 26, right on his 70th birthday, he declared his return to such a living religion," he explained.

It seems that Sukmawati has been studying Hinduism for a long time. In several uploads on Instagram, Sukmawati also spends more time in Bali. He also uploaded photos of offerings intended for Soekarno and his grandmother on October 6.

Among the photos of his activities, there is also a photo with his first son Paundrakarna. Sukmawati Soekarnoputri was once married to the Crown Prince of Puri Mangkunegara, namely Prince Sujiwa Kusuma who later became known as Adipati Mangkunegara.

From this marriage, Sukmawati was blessed with 3 children named GPH Paundrakarna Sukmaputra Jiwanegara, GRA Putri Agung Suniwati, and Muhammad Putra Perwira Utama.

The husband ascended the throne with the title Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Adipati Arya Mangkunegara IX. However, not long after that the two of them decided to separate.

In addition, Sukmawati also went to Solo to strengthen her son when King Mangkunegara IX died. Support for his son ascending the throne as king was also clearly written when uploading Paundrakarna's photo.

"My beloved son GPH Paundra who deserves to be MN X. With the blessing of swargi MN VIII and swargi President of the Republic of Indonesia I Dr. Ir Sukarno," wrote Sukmawati on the Instagram account @sukmawatisukarnoputri.