Prambanan Temple and The Legend of Roro Jonggrang

Prambanan Temle is located at Subdistrict Prambanan, Sleman. It's about 17 kilometers from Yogyakarta. Prambanan temple is the largest Hindu Temple that is about 47 meters height and was built at IX century, exactly at Sanjaya Dynasty era, that was King Wamea. 

It's also the beautiful temple due to its slim and height. It seems as the beautiful and elegant girls. There is legend about this beautiful princess that related to Prambanan Temple, that is Roro Jonggrang Legend and Raden Bandung Bondowoso. This legend tells about the Raden Bandung Bondowoso's propose to Roro Jonggrang, but Roro Jonggrang rejected him, because Raden Bandung Bondowoso was the son of King Damar Moyo who had killed her father, King Boko. 

To reject Raden Bondowoso's propose, Roro Jonggrang asked him to build one hundred statues in one night. Yet, because of Roro Jonggrang's efforts to fail Raden's work, Raden Bandung Bondowoso could not finish his work. It was still 999 statues that could be finished. Therefore, Raden could not marry the princess. 

Due to his anger, Raden cursed the princess as the statue too, in order that he could complete the amount of statues to be 1000 statues.

Until now, some people still believe that if there are a couple who making a date in this complex of Prambanan Temple, then they will be broken or separated. 

All Pics taken by Ahmad (Nur Muhammad), 

September, 19, 2014