THE LEGEND OF GUNUNG BAGUS

Along time ago the king of Mataran kingdom was Gusti Sultan Agung . He had son suffered a strange illness. His name was Jaka Bagus. Gusti Sultan Agung was sad. He asked healers from many places but no one could cure him. Gusti Sultan Agung was helpless. And before he lost his hope, he heard that there was a great healer lived in Giring Village near Kidul Mountain. The healer's name was Ki Ageng Wonoboyo. Gusti Sultan Agung brought Jaka Bagus to Giring Village and he asked Ki Ageng Wonoboyo to cure him.

Ki Ageng Wonoboyo said that he would do his best to cure Jaka Bagus. But he could not promise much. He told Gusti Sultan Agung that Jaka Bagus was in a very critical condition.

Gusti Sultan Agung understood. He told Ki Ageng Wonoboyo that if Jaka Bagus died, he asked Ki Agung to bury Jaka Bagus body in the highest hill in the area. Then Gusti Sultan Agung left and went back home. Not long after that Jaka Bagus died. Ki Ageng did the isstruction. He buried Jaka Bagus body in the highest hill. Since then people named the hill as Bagus Mountain.