Roro Jonggrang
Roro Jonggrang was the daughter of King Prabu Baka,
who ruled over the ancient Javanese kingdom of Prambanan. The king was killed
in a fierce battle by the minister of the King of Pengging, who fought with a
magic weapon called ‘Bandung’. For this reason, he was known as ‘Bandung
Bandawasa’.
Orientation
: Roro Jonggrang was the daughter of King Prabu Baka, who ruled over the
ancient Javanese kingdom of Prambanan. The
king was killed in a fierce battle by the minister of the King of Pengging.
Not long afterwards, Bandung Bandawasa decided to
marry Princess Roro Jonggrang., the daughter of his victim. But she had no
desire to marry the murderer of her father, so she sought the advice of the
Patih.
Complication : Bandung Bandawasa decided
to marry Princess Roro Jonggrang. But she had no desire to marry the murderer
of her father.
The Patih made a wise suggestion. Bandung would have
to build a thousand temples and two deep weels. If he managed to complete all
this in the course of one night, he could marry the princess. Bandung knew two
people possessing magic powers who promised to help him. one was his father,
“Damarmaya”, and the other was mighty King of Pengging. A date was fixed and in
the evening, Bandung’s followers began their giant construction job. Five
hundred temples were completed by midnight.
Complication : Bandung would have to
build a thousand temples and two deep weels. Five hundred temples were
completed by midnight.
Roro Jonggrang sent a man to watch the progress of
Bandung’s work and by four o’clock in the morning he saw that nine hundred and
ninety five temples were already built and to deep wells nearly finished. The
whole palace was filled with sadness, because the Princess would have to marry
the man who had murdered her father.
Complication
:
Roro Jonggrang sent a man to watch the progress of Bandung’s work and by four
o’clock in the morning he saw that nine hundred and ninety five temples were
already built and to deep wells nearly finished.
Again the Patih had an idea. He woke up all the young
girls and ordered them to pond rice at once. When the workers heard the
pounding of rice and smelt the flowers, which were the signs of dawn they
stopped their work. Bandung Bandawasa was glad to see the temples before him and
counted them himself. But to his surprise, there were only 999 temples.
Complication : He woke up all the
young girls and ordered them to pond rice at once. But to his surprise, there
were only 999 temples.
He soon learned the reason of his failure and became
very angry. Roro JOnggrang herself was changed into a statue, which stands in
the great inner hall of the largest temple and is now know as, “The Temple of
Roro Jonggrang’.
Resolution : He soon learned the
reason of his failure and became very angry. Roro JOnggrang herself was changed
into a statue.
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