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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