A comprehensive notes from the owner

Sometime in May of 2000, I was on the operating table of Dr. K.C. Tan in Glenn Eagles Hospital Singapore, to remove a tumor in my liver. He successfully took out 40% of my liver in  order to remove the tumor. And he did it very professionally. I survived. Thanks God.
Until today I am still his patient, and he becomes a family friend.

One day in Jakarta, one of my close friend introduced me to his friend for advise and consultations. Someone with the title Habib, which means direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad SAW.
He asked me to open the Holy Book of Al-Qur'an. Regretfully I told him that I cannot read Arabic. But he said: "Not to worry, just open the Al-Qur'an". So I did. I opened the Al-Qur'an book which he was holding. Then he read some verses in the Al-Qur'an from the page that I had opened.
He then said: "Sir, you were born into this world with certain missions.Up until today you have been doing all good things, such as building orphanage houses, to make your mother happy. Even the name of the orphanage house is named after your mother's name. But none of your many successful ventures is named after your father. As though that there is no father in your life. It is very shameful.
In human life, a mother is only a carrier. All the genes come from the father. And that is the dominating factor in a human's life. You owe your father. You must create some specific good deeds in the world that will influence a special environment, that will create a better quality of life for the people locally." After that, the Habib stood up and left.
And that was my big homework.

My father was one of the grandsons of Sultan Hamengku Buwana V. So based on this fact, I decided that I will create some kind of a Javanese Cultural Center. And using Keraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat as a reference center. It took me almost two years to find the most suitable land with the right size and the right location, to become the home of the Center.
Notorahardjan is located on jalan Palagan Tentara Km 10,3 in the Sleman regency of Jogjakarta. Total size of the land is about 1,5 hectare. I built my personal house complete with the Pendopo, some guest houses, and also some other supporting buildings.
It was officially opened and inaugurated by Sultan Hamengku Buwana X, on 3 May 2003. And the Sultan himself gave the name to this new establishment as : "nDalem Notorahardjan".

I built this cultural institution project after I retired from the military service with the rank of Vice Admiral of the Indonesian Navy in the year 1992. And after I completed my assignment as the Indonesian Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore in the year 1996.
My name is R.M. Soedibyo Rahardjo.