Once upon at time…. Ops sorry, it’s not that long as the story originated during the reign of Sultan Mahmud Syah (1488-1528). It was believed that there lived a beautiful fairy princess by the name of Puteri Gunung Ledang at the peak of Mount Ledang. One day, her beauty and gracefulness reached the ruler of Melaka that was Sultan Mahmud Syah.
The mythical Mount Ledang
At that time, Sultan Mahmud’s wife (queen) had just passed away and he was quite sad (for some time). Although the concerned Ministers of Melaka have presented quite a number of beautiful princess and daughters of ministers as his wife candidate, all of them were rejected with all kind of excuses.
However, when he heard about the stories of Princess Gunung Ledang and her astonishing beauty, immediately he was struck with a cupid arrow! His Majesty sent a team of messengers to propose marriage to the beautiful princess. The team consists of Laksamana Hang Tuah, Sang Setia and Tun Mamat.
The journey up to the Gunung Ledang was long and full of obstacles. Unfortunately for them, midway up the mountain heavy storms occurred. They couldn’t climb up and the aged Laksamana Hang Tuah couldn’t continue the journey.
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