Situs Gembirawati, Royal rest house site in Girijati, Gunung Kidul, Indonesia

Situs Gembirowati is not a Hindu temple but a pesanggrahan (resting place) from the Mataram Islamic period. It consists of two stone terraces running west to east, slightly offset, facing south toward the Indian Ocean. The lower terrace measures 22.70 m long and 1.04 m high; the upper terrace is 16.82 m long and 1.20 m high, set 2.10 m apart and linked by a staircase with an angkolade end and Greek cross ornaments. The terraces have framed, fluted, and pillared fronts with decorations resembling both Classical and Islamic periods.

The site is a pesanggrahan, a resting place built under Sultan Hamengkubuwono II, who ruled in three periods between 1792 and 1828. The Serat Rerenggan Kraton lists thirteen pesanggrahan built by the Sultan, of which only four can still be traced physically. In 1902 the Dutch archaeologist F.D.K. Bosch examined the structure and, in the 1925 Oudheidkundige Verslag, dated it to around the 16th century. Excavation and restoration followed in 1991 and 1992, the latter with Gadjah Mada University's archaeology department.

Local folklore links the site to Jogobiro, a giant-like figure who fought his brother Bambang Sumantri out of envy, and to Dewi Citrowati, said to have founded a pesanggrahan here after being exiled to Java's south coast. Villagers long took the ruins for a candi, though the terraces belong to the Islamic Mataram era.

The site lies on high ground above Parangtritis Beach, a few minutes from the beach itself, at the western end of the Sewu karst near the south coast. The two terraces are separated by 2.10 m and joined by a staircase, so expect steps and uneven stone underfoot. The complex faces south over the Indian Ocean, with little shade at midday.

The two terraces lie 2.10 m apart and are joined by a staircase ending in an angkolade, with palang yunani (Greek cross) ornaments. The lower terrace measures 22.70 m long and 1.04 m high, the upper one 16.82 m long and 1.20 m high.