The Legend of
Prambanan Temple
In the old days
of Java Island, in a region called Prambanan, lies two kingdom. Kingdom of
Pengging and Kraton Boko. Pengging kingdom is gifted with a fertile and get
prosperous. The kingdom is lead by a wise king named Prabu Damar Moyo and has a
male son named Raden Bandung Bondowoso while Kraton Boko is a kingdom that obey
under the rules of Pengging. The Boko king is very cruel, he is strong and
tall, like a giant. The people of Boko always afraid of the kings anger. Although
the king were not handsome, he has a very beautiful daughter called Princess
Roro Jongrang.
One day, the king of Boko wants to
rebels against the Pengging. Lead by the Boko prime minister, the giant race,
Gopolo, the Boko army is prepared to announce the war between Boko and
Pengging. They even raid its own people’s properties to support the campaign.
Fierce war happens in the borders of the
Pengging teritorial mark. Many victims were falling on both sides and people
Pengging be suffering because of war, many people hunger and poverty. Knowing
his people suffer and have many victims soldiers who died in the borders, then
Prabu Damar Moyo sent his son Raden Bondowoso go to war against King Boko. The
young Bondowoso is able to defeat king Boko. Seeing the king died, then Prime
minister Gupolo escape. Raden Bondowoso pursue Patih Gupolo to Kraton Boko.
After reaching Kraton Boko, Patih Gupolo
reported on Princess Roro Jonggrang that his father had been lost in the
battlefield, by a knight named Raden Bandung Pengging Bondowoso. Princess Loro
Jonggrang wept, saddened his heart because his father had been killed on the
battlefield. Raden at Kraton Boko Bondowoso arrived, soom he troubled to see
Puteri Raden Bondowoso Loro Jonggrang beautiful, so he wanted to marry Princess
Loro Jonggrang as his wife.
As the Boko kingdom is lost in the
rebels, and o save her fathers kingdom, the Loro Puteri Raden Jonggrang accept
the princes, with some request. She did not want to marry Bondowoso because he
had killed his father. To reject the proposal Raden Bondowoso, then Princess
Loro Jonggrang have a strategy. The first request, Princess Loro Jonggrang
asked for Jalatunda wells (very deep well) while the second request, asked for
him to make 1000 temples in one night.
Raden Bandung Bondowoso agreed. Raden
Bondowoso Immediately make Jalatunda wells and after so he called Princess Roro
Jonggrang to see the well. She trick the prince and send him down. She ask
Boko’s prime minister to close the well with heavy rocks so that the prince
could not reach the top of the well. Raden Bondowoso is a tough man, he is also
smart. Its not a longtime before he was able to come out from the wells. He was
very angry to the princess, but soon after meet the princess, he falls again
with the beauty of the princess.
She ask Raden Bondowoso the second
request, to make 1000 temples in 1 night. Bondowoso then command his workers
from genie tribe to help him build the 1000 temple. The 1000 temples are
building up, one by one with the help of the genie tribes. The princess wants
to sabotage the building of the temples. She asks her servants to pound the
rice pounding tools and also burns lots of paddy’s straw.
Because of it, the roosters crowed. The
genie take a lookto the sky and its brighter in the east. The leader of the
genie reported to Bondowoso that they have stopped to make the temple because
the morning has arrived. Princess Roro Jonggrang told to count the temples and
its only 999 temples, not 1000.
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