(The Legend Of Prambanan Temple)
Once, there was a beautiful Javanese princess whose
name was Roro Jonggrang. Roro Jonggrang whose beauty was very famous in the
land was the daughter of Prabu Baka, an evil king.
One day, a handsome young man with super natural
power, named Bandung Bondowoso, defeated and killed Prabu Baka. On seeing
Princess Roro Jonggrang’s beauty, Bandung Bondowoso fell in love and wanted to
marry her.
Meanwhile, Princess Roro Jonggrang felt sad due to
the death of her father. But she was so afraid of Bandung. So to refuse
politely, she made a condition. “I will marry you but you have to build one
thousand temples in one night as a wedding gift.” Requested Roro Jonggrang,
Bandung agreed with this condition.
Helped by the spirit of demons, bandung Bondowoso
started building the temples. Approaching midnight, the work was nearly done.
Roro Jonggrang knew and thought, “What shall I do? Bandung is smarter than me.
I will lose against Bandung.”
Suddenly she got an idea. She woke up all the women
in the palace and ordered them to make the noisy sounds of grinding rice so
that the roosters would think it had already dawn.
Bandung Bondowoso got frustrated because he failed
to complete the thousandth temple. “The princess has deceived me!” Following
his anger, he cursed Roro Jonggrang, “You have cheated me. Now, the thousandth
temple is you.”
At once, the princess turned into a statue. Knowing
this, Bandung Bondowoso regretted this and he went away into a far land. From
then, people called the temple Prambanan Temple and the princess statue, Roro
Jonggrang statue.
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