Rakai Pikatan was a king of the Sanjaya dynasty Mataram Kingdom in Central Java who built the Prambanan temple, dedicated to Shiva, which was completed in 856 AD.
Rakai Pikatan Dyah Kamulyan Sang Prabhu Linggeswara Sakabhumandala(Wangsakerta script) The monarch of the Mataram Kingdom before Rakai Pikatan was Samaratungga of the Shailendra Dynasty.
Rakai Pikatan and the Sanjaya dynasty were Shivaite Hindus and are recorded in the Wantil Inscription as having married a daughter of another religion.
It's believed that Pikatan fought his brother-in-law Balaputra, forcing him to move to Srivijaya in 856.
According to the interpretation of Loro Jonggrang legend, Pramodhawardhani's likeness was the model for Durga's image in the Prambanan temple.