As told, there was a very beautiful princess from Prambanan Kingdom named Roro Jonggrang. Her beauty was known throughout the country, and a lot of princes from different land and kingdoms came to propose her.

It was said that there was a famous prince named Bandung Bondowoso who intend to marry her. Having heard that Prince Bondowoso was coming, Roro Jonggang was very much worried as she disliked the idea of getting married. On the other hands, she understood the consequence as well if she refused the proposal. So, she decided to accept it with one condition that Bandung Bondowoso had to make her 1000 temples in one night time. If he failed, then Roro Jonggrang would not marry him.

He agreed to fulfill Jonggrang's wish and started to work to complete 1000 temples before the rooster crowed the next morning. Having learnt the progress, Roro Jonggrang was so worried that made her had the idea to make Bondowoso fail. She lit the candle and carried it to the chicken coop where the rooster slept. When the rooster saw the candle, it thought that it was almost dawn and the sun was going to rise soon. The rooster quickly got up and in a second, it crowed.

He succeeded to complete 999 temples out of 1000 temples when the rooster crowed. He was terrible angry to find out that he was cheated by Roro Jonggrang, and cursed her into a stone. The statue of Princess Roro Jonggrang (Slender Maiden) is in one of those temples that Bondowoso built for her. The temples are now named Prambanan