Dragon Star Dahanapura

Episode 1 Dahanapura's

Dahanapura is a small town in the Kahuripan kingdom. This small town was then transformed into a royal capital at the last moments of the reign of Prabu Airlangga. Not many people know where the city of Daha is. For residents of Kediri may assume that Daha is located in the center of the city today and becomes the most crowded shopping center in the city, or known as Jalan Dhoho.

Not only did the capital change, the name of the Kahuripan kingdom changed to Panjalu, even before it split into Jenggala - Panjalu. Because Jenggala is a fragment of Panjalu. This fragment is suspected by the Brantas River, which is said to be due to the power of Mpu Barada which divides the region using pitcher water. The breakup of the kingdom into two regions, namely Jenggala and Panjalu due to competition between two crown princes, namely Sri Samarawijaya and Mapanji Garasakan. Though the real successor is Sanggramawijaya Tunggadewi, but apparently he is not interested in continuing the power of his father and prefers to be a hermit. She is better known as the Goddess Kilisuci.

Jenggala - Panjalu continued to fight, and there was a civil war between fellow sons of King Airlangga. The tension between these two kingdoms was hereditary until the time of Panjalu led by Prabu Jayabhaya. Until finally Panjalu can conquer Jenggala completely during the reign of Prabu Jayabhaya, marked by the Victory Inscription as Panjalu Jayati. This victory also reunites the territory of the once divided kingdom of Kahuripan. The Kingdom of Panjalu under the government of Sri Aji Jayabhaya experienced a golden period with another name is the Kingdom of Kadhiri.

Dahanapura itself comes from the words Dhaha and Pura, which means City of Fire. As the transition of the royal capital, the city of Dhaha is progressing rapidly. Socio-economic conditions of society also progress. The magnificent building is seen on the right-hand side of the main line leading to the palace of the king. Buildings along the road are mostly made of wood is not only a residence for patih, senopati, tumenggung or other royal officials. There is also a place that serves as a place to sell weapons, medicinal materials and other equipment.

After Prabu Airlangga made the decision to move the capital, he also assigned the Keling Duke Raden Sosrobahu to take full responsibility in preparation for the transfer of the capital. Starting from the preparation of the location, the construction of the king's palace and the preparation of building raw materials.

Raden Sosrobahu called the Demang in the Keling Duchy to discuss the Prabu Airlangga. Not all Demang was summoned, only the main location of governance and its surroundings. There were three Demang summoned at that time namely Demang Penataran, Demang Daha and Demang Keling himself. Then Raden Sosrobahu started handing out tasks to each Demang.

Penataran Kademangan under the leadership of Demang Surokarso is responsible for the supply of timber as a new building material. The wood from Penataran region is famous as the best quality wood in the entire Kadipaten Keling region. For this reason Raden Sosrobahu surrendered completely to Demang Surokarso. Of course it is not free, all calculated based on the price at the time. So Demang Surokarso, more respect to the Duke.

The wood used is a type of teak wood decades old, so it can be durable. The transportation process was carried out by Demang Surokarso soldiers assisted by soldiers from the Keling Duchy. They are shoulder to shoulder, from logging to shipping to Daha. This task was likened to a war order by the Duke, so of course there was compensation that the soldier would receive.

As for the carpenter of the building, it is the responsibility of Demang Arya Dimejo of Daha. The Aryan family was a noble who was skilled in architecture and urban planning. Not only this once the Aryan family received the task of being in charge of city planning and city building, including the Duke and almost all Demang in the territory of the Duchy of Keling entrusted the construction of houses and balairung to the Aryan family.

The distinctive features of the Aryan family building will appear on wood carvings with dragon motifs, and the appearance of star reliefs at the end of the teacher's shop from the joglo house. No one knows the relationship of dragons and star reliefs that has always been the hallmark of this family work. Only a few family elders knew, including Demang Arya Dimejo.

Finally, Demang Wijoyokusumo from Kademangan Keling got the responsibility to provide food supply to the workers during the construction of the city building. Keling was chosen as a food supplier because the area is quite close to the Daha area and has fertile soil.

With the ability possessed by Raden Sosrobahu, he could do the arrangement of the city and accelerate the construction of the capital of the kingdom of Kahuripan, which later became known as Panjalu. The prowess of Raden Sosrobahu received a tremendous appreciation from the royal family and the nobles in the palace. This is what then makes Raden Sosrobahu become one of the beliefs of Prabu Airlangga in the future.

A year has passed, Dahanapura or Daha has rapidly developed into a lighthouse city for the surrounding. In addition to the king's palace and home to royal officials, Daha became one of the centers of commerce and science. Several buildings were erected around Kotaraja to serve as a place to learn young people about the science of soldiery and government science. As for learning medicine and science, it is still centered in some padepokan.

Meanwhile, not far from the city center, precisely at the residence of Demang Arya Dimejo, a 15-year-old teenager was doing bodywork. Arya Gentala is the only son of Demang Daha. As a child demang, really he was not interested in government affairs, he was more interested in learning the skills of his family as a stylist (architect).

Even for the body, he only learned as necessary, learning from the lurah (head) of the soldier. Ki Lurah Seno was shocked when he saw the development of Arya, because for the size of the noble family, including slow. It was as if Arya did not need to be a matchmaker, like most young men of the time.

The soldiers trained by Ki Lurah number 15 people, no more added Arya to 16 people. They train beside the hall of the academy, in the field directly under the hot sun. Ki Lurah aims that later the soldiers trained under the hot sun will have better endurance.

The training conducted by Ki Lurah consisted of horses, kicks and punches. This was the basic thing that all warriors should have. As for the skill of using weapons, it will be directly trained by the Duchy Warrior Lurah.

Arya practiced the movements of the horses together with the soldiers in the Demang Daha residence. Ki Lurah was at the front giving out cues, like a teacher. At that time Ki Demang had just returned from his father's house. His face looked tense and agitated, he walked quickly past the soldier who was training. He had just returned home from a meeting with the elders of the Aryan family.

Ki Demang still remembered the order of the family elders to immediately hide Arya, from the target of the black faction. This was because Arya was the sole heir of the star sword and also the star stone. The second black group of objects was ordered by Padepokan Bethari Durga. It is said that the leader of this temple is the drip of Bethari Durga, the figure of the Goddess of Death in the puppet character.

The emergence of this block, electrifying the martial world, especially the black flow, because of the ability of Goddess Durga, the leader of the plaza who is known to be able to live again from death, of course this is because of the Ajian Pancasona he has. Not only, the Goddess Durga also looks youthful like the age of 20 years, thanks to the ritual of sucking baboons aged 7 days.

Soldier Tandya (ready).... ! Ki lurah swiftly, prepared his soldiers to honor Ki Demang, who was seen walking hastily. However, Ki Demang continued walking towards the door of the joglo house made of teak wood. Less than one fathom (1.8 meters) away, Ki Demang turned around and called his son.