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SUKUH TEMPLE


Several temples were constructed high on the slopes of Mt. Lawu during the 15th century, just right on the border between East and  Central Java. By this time, Javanese religion and art had diverged far from the Indian precepts that exerted significant influence during the 8th-10th centuries. This region on the northwest slopes of Mt. Lawu was the last major center of temple-building in Java before the Javanese courts were converted to Islam in the 16th century.

Candi Sukuh is a fifteenth century Javanese-Hindu temple (candi) that is located on the western slope of Mount Lawu. This temple is the largest and most complex of these mountain sanctuaries. It is situated at an elevation of 910 meters (2,960 ft); reached  by taking a turn-off to the left at Karangpandan on the road up to Tawangmangu. Here, a number of inscriptions dating from the period A.D. 1416-1459 have been found.

Sukuh is said to be the only explicitly erotic temple in all of Java. On a stone floor at the top of the steep stone tunnel a large realistic penis faces a lovingly sculpted, swollen in excitement vagina carved in relief. The first representation of a kris in Indonesian art is shown in one panel; Bima forging one with his bare hands while using his knee as an anvil. These strongly carved figures are so intriguing because they are done in the "wayang-puppet style".

The main structure at Sukuli is shaped like no other building in ancient Indonesia - a flat-topped pyramid much resembling a Mayan monument. A stone stairway conducts the visitor through the side of the pyramid to its summit.

The main building gives no indication of having supported any wooden structure. The only object recovered from its summit was a tall lingga bearing an inscription, which is now in the Jakarta museum.
 
The central pyramid is set at the rear of the highest of three terraces. Originally, worshippers would have gained access to the site through a gateway at the edge of the western or lowest terrace. 

To the right of the entrance to the pyramid is a cubical structure carved with two horizontal rows of reliefs where reminiscent of the Sudamala story.

This area is extremely beautiful and fascinating to visit.

 

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