Long time ago, there was a kingdom named Prambanan.
All the people of Prambanan lived peacefully. But then, Prambanan
kingdom was attacked and occupied by the Pengging kingdom. Prambanan
then was ruled by Bandung Bondowoso of Pengging kingdom. He was a mean
king. He also had great supernatural power. His soldiers were not only
humans, but also genies.
The king of Prambanan had a
beautiful daughter named Loro Jonggrang. Bandung Bondowoso fell in love
with her and wanted to marry her. “You’re very beautiful. Would you be
my queen?” asked Bandung Bondowoso. Loro Jonggrang was shocked. She
didn’t like Bandung Bondowoso because he was a mean person. She wanted
to refuse, but she afraid that Bandung Bondowoso would be angry and
endangered the people of Prambanan. Then, she came up with a plan. “If
you want to marry me, you have to build a thousand temples for me in
just one night," said Loro Jonggrang. “What? That’s impossible!” said
Bandung Bondowoso. But he did not give up. He consulted with his
advisor. “Your Majesty can asked the genies to help built the temples,”
said the advisor.
So, Bandung Bondowoso summoned
his entire genies soldier and commanded them to help him built a
thousand temples. The genies worked in unbelievable speed. Meanwhile,
Loro Jonggrang heard from her servant that the building of a thousand
temples was almost finished. She was so worried. But again, she came up
with a great idea. She asked all of her servants to help her. "Please
prepare a lot of straw and mortar. Please hurry up!" said Loro
Jonggrang. “Burn the straw and make some noise pounding the mortar,
quickly.” All those servants did what Loro Jonggrang ordered them;
burning straw and pounding the mortar, making the genies think that the
sun is going to rise.
“It’s already dawn. We have to
go,” said the leader of the genies to Bandung Bondowoso. All the genies
immediately stopped their work and ran for cover from the sun, which
they afraid of. They didn’t know that the light was from the fire that
burning the straw, not from the sun.
Bandung Bondowoso can’t stop the
genies from leaving. He was angry. He knew Loro Jonggrang had just
tricked him. "You cannot fool me, Loro Jonggrang. I already have 999
temples. I just need one more temple. Now, I will make you the
one-thousandth temple." He pointed his finger to Loro Jonggrang and said
some mantras. Magically, Loro Jonggrang’s body turned into stone. Until
now, the temple is still standing in Prambanan area, Central Java. And
the temple is called Loro Jonggrang temple.***
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