Prambanan Temple

The legend says that a powerful young man named Bandung Bondowoso wanted to marry Roro Jonggrang , King Boko’s daughter , but she did not love him . She would accept him on one condition . She would marry him if Bandung Bondowoso could build a thousand temples just in one night for her .

Because he had power , Bandung Bondowoso almost managed to build the temples . Roro Jonggrang tried to prevent him from completing the work . She made the maidens who lived in the village of the east temples hay and pound rice as if the dawn had come and the sun would soon rise .

When the cock began to crow , all the supernatural powers left the scene because they thought it was already dawn . Bandung Bondowoso could not control his anger . He then cursed Roro Jonggrang into a ststue that completed the Prambanan Temple .