Mpu Gandring

Mpu Gandring was a famous maker of

kris The kris or is a Javanese culture, Javanese asymmetrical dagger with a distinctive blade-patterning achieved through alternating laminations of iron and nickelous iron (''pamor''). The kris is famous for its distinctive wavy blade, although ma ...

, a type of

Java Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea (a part of Pacific Ocean) to the north. With a population of 156.9 million people (including Madura) in mid 2024, proje ...

nese knife. He lived during the Kediri era and was killed by

Ken Arok Ken Arok (or Ken Angrok), Rajasa (died c. 1227), was the founder and first ruler of Singhasari (also spelled Singosari), a medieval Indianized Hindu–Buddhist kingdom in the East Java area of Indonesia. He is considered the founder of the Raja ...

, who had commissioned a kris from Mpu Gandring. Impatient, Ken used the unfinished

to murder the blacksmith. Mpu Gandring then cursed the kris: it would be destined to kill seven generations of Ken Arok's family, including his own life. Gandring, Mpu Gandring, Mpu {{Indonesia-stub