Sri Tanjung

Sri Tanjung also known as the tale of Banyuwangi (Javanese for "fragrance water") is a Javanese folklore telling a story about a faithful wife that is being wrongfully accused. The story is popular since the era of Majapahit kingdom. The story usually performed as kidung a poem sung or chanted in Javanese tembang. The Kidung Sri Tanjung are known to be performed in traditional Javanese ruwatan ceremony. The name Sri Tanjung was connected to Tanjung flower (Mimusops elengi), a flower with sweet fragrance.

Like many other Indonesian folklores, the author of this tale was unknown, however it is suggested that the story was originated from Banyuwangi, East Java, since it is connected to the legend about the origin of the name "Banyuwangi". The story originated from the early Majapahit period around 13th century. The story of Sri Tanjung can be found on bas reliefs of Penataran, Bajang Ratu, Candi Surawana and Jabung temple.

Once upon a time there was a handsome and powerful ksatria (knight) named Raden Sidapaksa that was the descendant of Pandavas. The knight served under King Sulakrama, the ruler of Sindurejo kingdom. Sidapaksa was sent to search for a medicine to king's grandfather, the hermit Bhagawan Tamba Petra that lived secluded in his hermitage on the mountains. Here Sidapaksa met Sri Tanjung, a girl with extraordinary beauty. Sri Tanjung was not an ordinary girl, since her mother was a vidhyadari (apsara) who descended to earth and married a mortal man. Raden Sidapaksa fell in love and asked Sri Tanjung for her hand of marriage. The happy couple went home, back to the kingdom of Sindurejo to settle down. King Sulakrama secretly fell in love, smitten and infatuated by the beauty of Sri Tanjung. The king desired Sri Tanjung for himself and set an evil plot to separate the newly-wed couple.

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