Sukuh

Local nameCandi Sukuh
LocationKaranganyar, Indonesia

Sukuh is a 15th-century Javanese-Hindu temple that is located in Berjo, Ngargoyoso district, Karanganyar Regency, Central Java, Indonesia on the western slope of Mount Lawu.

This temple has a height of 87 meters.

Sukuh temple has a distinctive thematic reliefs from other candi where life before birth and sexual education are its main theme. Its main monument is a simple pyramid structure with reliefs and statues in front of it, including three tortoises with flattened shells and a male figure grasping his penis. A giant 1.82 m high of Shishna with four testes, representing penile incisions, was one of the statues that has been relocated to the National Museum of Indonesia.

Tags Place of WorshipHinduism
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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukuh

Address (Unnamed Road), 57792, Indonesia

Coordinates -7°37'38.335" N 111°7'53.534" E

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