FIRE and Cleansing: religion seems to use them enthusiastically in establishing power. So it was too in Java in the 15th century.

The story of Prince Panggung is told in the Serat Kandha. He was a prince from the Demak sultanate who left palace life and rejected all worldly things. At a time when Java was turning to Islam, he chose to live in the area of Randu Sanga. Legends about him tell of how he expelled his greed and anger which were then tra