Tangkuban Perahu mountain or better known just Tangkuban Perahu is one of prevalent mountains in West Java, the separation is around 20 Km from Bandung
Tangkuban Perahu is a prevalent vacation destination where voyagers can climb or ride to the edge of the pit to see the high temp water springs and bubbling mud very close, and purchase eggs cooked on the hot surface.
The name of Tangkuban Perahu is gotten from the Sundanese expression of "upturning of a pontoon" or "upturned watercraft" in Sundanese, alluding to the neighborhood legend of its creation. Tangkuban Perahu is additionally prominent by its fables about Dayang Sumbi", a magnificence who lived in West Java. She cast away her child "Sangkuriang" for noncompliance, and in her trouble was allowed the force of unceasing youth by the divine beings.
One at the time, Sangkuriang became hopelessly enamored with Dayang Sumbi and wanted to wed her. So as to keep the marriage from occurring, Dayang Sumbi requested that Sangkuriang manufacture a dam on the stream Citarum and to fabricate a vast pontoon to cross the waterway, both before the dawn.
Sangkuriang ruminated and request help to the dull force. Dayang Sumbi saw that the assignments were verging on finished and approached her laborers to spread red silk fabrics east of the city, to give the impression of looming dawn. Sangkuriang was tricked, and after trusting that he had fizzled, kicked the dam and the unfinished pontoon, bringing about extreme flooding and the formation of Tangkuban Perahu from the structure of the vessel.
