Sukuh is one of the most interesting temples in Southeast Asia. The temple is filled with erotic ornament. No less unique, the building is similar to the Mayan pyramids in Central America. Unfortunately, this temple has not been widely known.
Sukuh Berjo in Hamlet, Village Sukuh, District Ngargoyoso, Karanganyar District
Sukuh - Erotic temple are not many known
Unlike the Khajuraho temple in India that was worldwide, Sukuh is not yet widely known. Never mind you, there are many people Jogja that do not know of the existence of this temple. Perhaps because of its remote location on the slopes of Mount Lawu at an altitude of more than a thousand meters above sea level. From Terminal Tirtonadi Solo, you can ride the public bus-Tawangmangu Solo majors and down in Coral Pandan, followed by a minibus majors Kemuning and spliced by taxi to the temple area. If bringing your own vehicle, it is advisable to use diesel-powered cars of 2000 cc or more to ease the journey through some steep grades.
Relief Without Clothing and Headless Statue
The temple complex is not as extensive. Occupying a plot of land terraces, the main gate Sukuh not positioned in the middle but on the right front. Right and left sides are decorated with some relief. A stone staircase YogYES high enough to bring down the hall who was barred gate with a chain. To rise to the second terrace, YogYES must come down again and went around through the right side. From the second terrace then clearly visible in the form of relief this gate. One is a picture of an eagle clutching the legs of a dragon. Mengherankankan is a relief that some human figures in a state of plain, without any clothes at all! Something that is quite astonishing when considering the eastern culture is very strong with the norms of decency in Indonesia. Compounded when considering that this is a temple, an identical building as a place of prayers and worship of the god. Peered into the alley gate, offering flowers and incense on the floor, near a relief in the form of linga and yoni circle of the chain.
Closer to the main temple on the third terrace, stands a waist-high stone platform of adults on the left. There is a stone tower on the front of the stage, again decorated with erotic reliefs of nude figures. One side of the tower bearing the image of a horseshoe-shaped relief with two human figures in it. By most people, relief is believed to depict a woman's uterus with the left figure represents the evil and the right figure represents virtue. An ancillary temples stand in front of the main temple. Rotate to the right, stands the figure of the statue (statue Gupala) without a head. Gupala holds the "spear" is too large compared to its body size, not proportional. Wow!
Cut the mystery of the Pyramids
One more interesting than Sukuh is a different architecture. If the other temples built in the shape that symbolizes Mount Meru, the Sukuh has a very simple with a trapezoidal shape. Built in the XV century, shortly before the collapse of the Majapahit Empire, the temple is more like the pyramids of the Maya tribes of Central America. Can two different ethnic groups from two different continents can make buildings with architectural and design are almost similar? Or indeed any influence in the development of the Mayan Temple in the reign of King Sukuh UB's this?
Various theories and allegations emerged. One of them said that this temple was built in the days when Hindu glory began to fade. As a result, development Sukuh made with the concept back to the prehistoric megalithic culture. Another theory states that the form of this temple is part of the quest story Tirta Amrita (the water of life) is contained in the book Adiparwa, the first book of the Mahabharata. A truncated pyramid whose top represents the peak of Mount Mandaragiri cut and used for churning the ocean to find Tirta Amrita who can give eternal life to anyone who drank it.
The mysteries and questions are still covered Sukuh. Not just a walk in the cool mountain slopes while enjoying the ancient architecture of the last temples built in Java. Trail around looking for stories and pieces of evidence to uncover the mysteries of the past history will be one of the tourist experience challenging and fun.
Open Schedule
Monday - Sunday pk 8:00 to 17:00 pm
Ticket prices
Domestic visitors: Rp 2,500
Foreign visitors: Rp. 10 000
Sukuh Berjo in Hamlet, Village Sukuh, District Ngargoyoso, Karanganyar District
Sukuh - Erotic temple are not many known
Unlike the Khajuraho temple in India that was worldwide, Sukuh is not yet widely known. Never mind you, there are many people Jogja that do not know of the existence of this temple. Perhaps because of its remote location on the slopes of Mount Lawu at an altitude of more than a thousand meters above sea level. From Terminal Tirtonadi Solo, you can ride the public bus-Tawangmangu Solo majors and down in Coral Pandan, followed by a minibus majors Kemuning and spliced by taxi to the temple area. If bringing your own vehicle, it is advisable to use diesel-powered cars of 2000 cc or more to ease the journey through some steep grades.
Relief Without Clothing and Headless Statue
The temple complex is not as extensive. Occupying a plot of land terraces, the main gate Sukuh not positioned in the middle but on the right front. Right and left sides are decorated with some relief. A stone staircase YogYES high enough to bring down the hall who was barred gate with a chain. To rise to the second terrace, YogYES must come down again and went around through the right side. From the second terrace then clearly visible in the form of relief this gate. One is a picture of an eagle clutching the legs of a dragon. Mengherankankan is a relief that some human figures in a state of plain, without any clothes at all! Something that is quite astonishing when considering the eastern culture is very strong with the norms of decency in Indonesia. Compounded when considering that this is a temple, an identical building as a place of prayers and worship of the god. Peered into the alley gate, offering flowers and incense on the floor, near a relief in the form of linga and yoni circle of the chain.
Closer to the main temple on the third terrace, stands a waist-high stone platform of adults on the left. There is a stone tower on the front of the stage, again decorated with erotic reliefs of nude figures. One side of the tower bearing the image of a horseshoe-shaped relief with two human figures in it. By most people, relief is believed to depict a woman's uterus with the left figure represents the evil and the right figure represents virtue. An ancillary temples stand in front of the main temple. Rotate to the right, stands the figure of the statue (statue Gupala) without a head. Gupala holds the "spear" is too large compared to its body size, not proportional. Wow!
Cut the mystery of the Pyramids
One more interesting than Sukuh is a different architecture. If the other temples built in the shape that symbolizes Mount Meru, the Sukuh has a very simple with a trapezoidal shape. Built in the XV century, shortly before the collapse of the Majapahit Empire, the temple is more like the pyramids of the Maya tribes of Central America. Can two different ethnic groups from two different continents can make buildings with architectural and design are almost similar? Or indeed any influence in the development of the Mayan Temple in the reign of King Sukuh UB's this?
Various theories and allegations emerged. One of them said that this temple was built in the days when Hindu glory began to fade. As a result, development Sukuh made with the concept back to the prehistoric megalithic culture. Another theory states that the form of this temple is part of the quest story Tirta Amrita (the water of life) is contained in the book Adiparwa, the first book of the Mahabharata. A truncated pyramid whose top represents the peak of Mount Mandaragiri cut and used for churning the ocean to find Tirta Amrita who can give eternal life to anyone who drank it.
The mysteries and questions are still covered Sukuh. Not just a walk in the cool mountain slopes while enjoying the ancient architecture of the last temples built in Java. Trail around looking for stories and pieces of evidence to uncover the mysteries of the past history will be one of the tourist experience challenging and fun.
Open Schedule
Monday - Sunday pk 8:00 to 17:00 pm
Ticket prices
Domestic visitors: Rp 2,500
Foreign visitors: Rp. 10 000
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