On seeing Princess Roro Jonggrang's beauty, Bandung Bondowoso fell in love with her and wanted to marry her. Meanwhile, the Princess felt sad due to her death. She did not want to marry Bandung as he had killed her father. On the other side, she as afraid of Bandung.

So, to refuse politely, she made a condition.

"I will marry you but you have to build one thousand temples in one night as a wedding gift," requested Roro Jonggrang. Bandung Bondowoso agreed with the condition. He then started to build the temples, helped by the spirits.

As the midnight went closer, the work would nearly be done. Roro Jonggrang knew and thought a way to beat Bandung.

Suddenly she got an idea. She woke up all the women in the palace and ordered them to make the noisy sounds of grinding rice so the roosters thought that it had already been dawn.
 
Bandung Bondowoso became frustrated as he thought that he failed the completing the last one. "The Princess has deceived me!" he shouted. Following his wrath, he cursed Roro Jonggrang. "As you have cheated, now the thousandth temple is you!

All at once, the Princess turned into a statue. Bandung Bondowoso suddenly regretted his anger and went away.

Until now, the temple with Roro Jonggrang statue is still standing in Prambanan area, Central Java. The temples built by Bandung Bondowoso are now called Sewu Temple or the Thousand Temple. In Javanese, sewu means a thousand.

 

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