Cerita Pura Pari

Folklore from East Java

A long time ago, an old man lived in Penanggungan Mountain. His name was Kiai Gede Penanggungan. He had supernatural power. Kiai Gede Penanggungan also had a eautiful daughter. Her name was !ewi "alangangin. Although ver# eautiful, she was not married #et. $hat%s wh# Kiai Gede Penanggungan pra#ed da#s and nights for her daughter. Finall#, God answered his pra#er. A #oung handsome man &ame to his pla&e. 'M# name is Jaka Pandelegan. ( &ame here e&ause ( want to e #our student. ( want to learn a lot of things from #ou,' said the #oung man. '( will take #ou as m# student ut #ou have to marr# m# daughter. Agree)' Jaka took a deep reath. $hen he said,'*es, ( agree. ( will marr# #our daughter.' +oth !ewi "alangangin and Jaka Pandelegan lived a happ# marriage. Espe&iall# Jaka, he was even happier. Kiai Gede Penanggungan taught him man# things. After several #ears living with Kiai Gede Penanggungan, now it was time for the &ouple to leave him and found a new life as hus and and wife. '( know #ou &an%t live with me forever. +efore #ou go, take this seed of pari. Ever# time people ask #ou, give them some. !on%t e arrogant when #ou are ri&h.' After that, the &ouple left him and rought pari seed. Pari means ri&e. $hen, in the new pla&e, the# planted the seed. ,oon, grew a lot of ri&e. -ow the &ouple e&ame ver# ri&h. $he poor neigh ors &ame to the &ouple to ask for some pari seed. '-o wa#. (f #ou want to eat, #ou have to work hard like me.' said Jaka. Kiai Gede Penanggungan heard his ad ehavior. ,o, he de&ided to visit him. He wanted to remind him a out his promise. Kiai Gede Penanggungan immediatel# &alled their names when he arrived in the ri&e field. 'Jaka Pandelegan, &ome here. ( want to talk to #ou.' +ut Jaka ignored him. He kept on doing his a&tivit#. 'M# daughter, !ewi. (t%s me, #our father.' +ut !ewi also ignored him. Kiai Gede Penanggungan was reall# angr#. He then said, '*ou two are like temples. *ou &annot listen to me.'

/ight after he said those words, an in&redi le thing happened. ,lowl#, Jaka and !ewi turned into temples. +e&ause the temples stood among the pari, people then named them as Pari $emple. 000