A handsome young man with supernatural power named
Bandung Bondowoso
defeated and killed Prabu Baka. On seeing Princess Rara Jonggrang’s beauty, Bandung Bondowoso fell in love with her and wanted to marry her.
Meanwhile, Princes Rara Jonggrang felt sad due to her father’s death. She did not want to marry Bandung because he had killed her father. But she was also afraid of Bandung. So she refused politely by giving him requirement which was imposible to fill. She said, “I will marry you but you have to build one thousand temples in one night as wedding gift,” requested Rara Jonggrang. Bandung agreed with the condition.