A long time ago, there lived an old man in
Penanggungan Mountain. His name was Kiai Gede Penanggungan. He had supernatural
power. Kiai Gede Penanggungan had a beautiful daughter named Dewi Walangangin
who hadn't married yet. Kiai Gede Penanggungan prayed days and nights for her
daughter to have a husband. One day, a young handsome man came to his place.
The name of the man is Jaka Pandelengan. He wanted to be Kiai Gede
Penanggungan's student. Kiai Gede agreed to have Jaka as his student with one
condition that he would marry her daughter. Jaka Pandelengan and Dewi
Walangangin soon got married. Kiai Gede Penanggungan taught Jaka many things.
After several years, now it was time for the
couple to live separately with Kiai Gede Penanggungan. They would move to
another village. Kiai Gede gave some seeds of pari or paddy to the couple. He
asked the couple to plant the seed. He also warned the couple not to be
arrogant when they were rich from planting the seed. He wanted the couple to
helped poor people. The couple started a new life. They planted the seed. Soon,
the seeds grew a lot of rice. Now the couple became very rich. The poor neighbours
came to the couple to ask for some pari seed. But the couple refused to help
them.
Kiai Gede heard the couple's bad behavior.
Soon he visited the couple. He met them when the couple was working in the
field. Kiai Gede talked to the couple. He reminded the couple not to be
arrogant. But the couple ignored him. They said nothing to Kiai Gede. Kiai Gede
got very angry. Then he said, "You two are like temples. You cannot listen
to me." Right after he said those words, an incredible thing happened. Slowly,
Jaka and Dewi turned into temples. Because the temples stood among the pari,
people then named them as Pari Temple.
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