Others note that the name Kalijaga derived its nature from the Arabic notion of qadli dzaqa which means "holy leader" in the sultanate.
This method can be seen in Indonesian artworks, particularly in carvings, shadow puppets (wayang kulit), gamelan (Javanese traditional musical performance), and singing.
From this idea, he popularized Baju Takwa (a traditional dress custom for Indonesian Moslem), Sekaten (a festivity), and Grebeg Maulud, amongst others.
In this legend, he is said to be the son of Tumenggung Wilatikta, and in the service of the Majapahit empire, and Kalijaga whose religion is unspecified but has the Arabic name "Said".
[3] Kalijaga has been remembered as a quintessential example of the perceived flexibility of Indonesian Muslims, with anthropologist Clifford Geertz stating that he was seen as "malleable, tentative, syncretistic, and, most significantly of all, multivoiced".