The event that happened to the statue of Loro Jonggrang in Prambanan Empire is just myth story. It was impossible if a princess or a person can changes into the statue. It is not reality but it is just an author’s imagination. Long ago, when I was still a child, I guessed that it was true but now I don’t think like that anymore because I have known that it is just myth story or imagination story that written by an author.
Actually, Prambanan temple was built in Mataram Hindu period that was lead by the Sovereign Rakai Pikatan in ninth century. It is located in
Now, I will tell the myth story about Loro Jonggrang. Loro Jonggrang was a princess in Prambanan Empire. She was a daughter of the King whose name the Sovereign Baka in Prambanan Empire. The Sovereign Baka was a king who has great power. Nevertheless, he could be defeated by the King Pengging who is helped by Bandawasa. He used great power of his weapon in war in helping King Pengging opposed King Baka. Bandawasa weapon’s name was
After that, one of Loro Jonggrang’s delegates reported to her that they have almost finished building the temples and the wells. They only needed to build a temple again. Knowing it, all people in empire were confused because the princess would become Bandawasa’s wife who has killed her father. Then, the chief minister woke up the young girls in around Prambanan Empire to go to lesung (the tools to pound the paddy) and as if they pounded the paddy. Besides it, each lesung was spread fragrant flowers.
Supernatural creatures who did their duties listened the sound of lesung and then immediately they stopped their works and left that place because they thought that it has been morning. Now, only a temple that has not been finished yet and the wells have also almost finished. It meant that the requirement that princess Loro Jonggrang asked has not fulfilled yet by him. After he had known about Loro Jonggrang ang the chief minister’s cunning, he was very furious and he cursed the young girls in around prambanan that they would not get husband before their age were old. On the other hand, he cursed Loro Jonggrang to become statue. Until now, this statue is in the big temple because the statue is Princess Loro Jonggrang. So, basing on this myth story, we call those temples as
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