NAME ORIGIN LEGEND MADURA

In ancient times there was a kingdom on the Tengger mountains, called the Kingdom Medangkamulan. At that time, ruled by King Gilingwesi highly regarded and respected people. King assisted by the prime menteriyang valiant and cleverly named Patih Pranggulang.

Although Medangkamulan fair and prosperous kingdom, but rather grieve because daughter beautiful girl named Putri Raden Ayu Tunjungsekar not want to get married. Has many applications comes from the crown prince neighboring kingdoms, but all were rejected by the Princess Raden Ayu Tunjungsekar

At night divulging Raden Ayu Putri Tunjungsekar sleep very soundly. In his dream he was walking in the middle of a very beautiful garden. In the distance a prince song very melodious. When he was enjoying the beauty of it, the full moon suddenly appeared in the clear sky without a cloud. He was fascinated to see a very soft moonlight it.

Months it was down. Makain increasingly low. Princess Tunjungsekar surprised to see that after a close event, that month went into Princess Tunjngsekar. At that moment the Princess Tunjungsekar awakened. He was surprised. He then tries to interpret the dream. A few months after the dream Princess Tunjungsekar hamil.Prabu Gilingwersi feel devastated and very angry. He does not believe that her pregnancy was caused by a dream. So then he decides to punish daughter Tunjungsekar.

"Patih", said the king with a very angry tone, "Bring Princess Tunjungsekar to the forest, and there kill him as punishment for his guilt."

Patih Pranggulang went. After walking day and night, they came in very dense forest that happened to be close to the sea. They stopped at the venue.

"Ki Patih," said Tunjungsekar, 'Please carried out the death sentence for me. But remember, if Ki Patih can not kill me, that I was not guilty. "

"Well, my lady," replied Ki Patih.

Patih Pranggulang sword. Quickly he swung his sword into the Princess Tunjungsekar. However, before touching the body of the Princess Tunjungsekar sword fell to the ground. Ki Patih picked up the sword, then trying to swing into the neck Princess Tunjungsekar, but before touching the neck of the Princess sword even bounce away. Ki Patih not despair. He tried again, but still failed. This time the sword even more bounce away.

"Princess, presumably it is true what the princess said. The princess was not guilty, "said Ki Patih." Therefore, my lady should immediately leave this place. Servant will make a raft to my lady. Berakitlah through this sea, slave sure future princess will meet mainland. Servant himself will not return to the kingdom but will be imprisoned here to pray that my lady survived, "he added.

Tunjungsekar was then up the raft that had been made ​​Ki Patih. When he reached the middle of the sea on a night out, a coincidence that the moon is full, Tunjungsekar stomach feels very sore. When the moon is really on top of Tunjungsekar born a baby boy from the tiny stomach Tunjungsekar. The baby was embraced with loving care. Being born in the sea, the baby was named Raden Sagara. Sagara in the same language with immediate Madurese in Javanese, meaning the sea.

A few days later on a morning Tunjungsekar eyes behold an island. He was then approached. When the rafts were dinaikinya already pulled on the island, cradling her baby Tunjngsekar down from the raft. Suddenly a strange thing happened. When he reached the ground, the sagara raden few days old suddenly melocat to the ground. He then ran to and fro with exhilaration sagarapun raden body quickly grew.

Raden Sagara and his mother went on. The island is very quiet, no other human being except those two. They then arrived at a field soil. In Madura language called terrain-ara ra or almost the same as fig-fig in the Java language. In the corner of the terrain Raden Sagara seeing a tree. He approached the tree. In the lower limb there is a fairly large beehive. When Raden Sagara bertebangan approaching bees away, as if Raden Sagara invited to take honey. Then Raden Sagara also can enjoy a honeymoon with her ​​heart's content.

"Because they find honey in the vast terrain, where it is then given the name of Madura, which is derived from the word honey era - fig, meaning honey in the land of the field. Raden Sagara was then living with his mother, and one day later he became king ruled Madura Island for the first time.