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Sukuh

Sukuh is a 15th-century Javanese-Hindu temple that is located in Berjo, Ngargoyoso district, Karanganyar Regency, Central Java, Indonesia… Read more…

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Walk · 18 min
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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.

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Address (Unnamed Road), 57792, Indonesia
Coordinates 7°37'38.335" S, 111°7'53.534" E
Riverside Hotel
Taxi · 8 min
Sukuh
2h
Walk · 6 min
Corner Café
45 min
Walk · 18 min
Riverside Hotel

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