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On the slopes of Mount Lawu in Dukuh Berjo, Sukuh village, Ngargoyoso subdistrict, Karanganyar District, Surakarta resident, Central Java Province, there is a temple that has a unique structure of the building because this form of temple in the form of trapezium is generally not as prevalent in other temples. Overview of the building looks like a tribe of Maya in Mexico or the Inca tribe in Peru.

According to the Office of Tourism campaigns Karanganyar, who built the temple of Hindu Tantrayana year 1437, in addition to a temple in the young age of the Earth Indonesia is also the most erotic temples, and even cause controversial because there are objects in form of phallus and Yoni symbolizes sexuality.

Is unique, in this temple complex, there are statues winged creatures. This being referred to as the garuda(eagle) statue for one of the show is still intact as the eagle. However, these figures have hands and feet, such as human and angelic wings. Is this statue depicts alien beings?

There is the myth that man is a creature garuda watchman earth that God crea

ted before Adam was born, who have a high level intelejensi so that civilization has advanced, but because they do damage to the earth and destroy the gods so that they destroyed, some fled overlooks over the earth, and mentioned also the embryo of civilization of Atlantis.

This temple is very simple and contains a number of the various forms of relief. In the form of sex between men and women who made almost touch. In the row reliefs that decorate the temple walls depicted relief body with the nymph in the ready position coitus and the female womb relief in size large.

Reliefs sex symbol that depicts the relationship between the sanctity of women and men, which is the embryo of human life. Relationship men and women through this relief is represented not wreak appetite, but that is a very sacred flood affection for children birth to a human offspring.

In addition, around the temple filled with reliefs of each other does not concern, that resulted in many stories.

Stories about the relief that can vary depending on the perception of the people in accordance with the perception of each. Relief in this temple depicts the story that is not related. Legend Goddess Uma, who condemned her husband (Batara Guru) because of the unfaithful act with a herdsman. There are also stories of women who gamble less ago were freed in this temple so that it can go to Heaven. Legend of the local people call this temple is the place to meet with the spirit of the dead.

Sukuh temple is located on the slopes of Mount Lawu at 910 meters altitude above sea level. Cool. Each month between 200-250 foreign tourists came to the temple with a variety of purposes. In addition to want to see the temple also many who do meditation.
The way to the temple along the 2 km can not use the bus because of narrow roads.

Sukuh temple is located on the slopes of Mount Lawu at 910 meters altitude above sea level. Cool. Each month between 200-250 foreign tourists came to the temple with a variety of purposes. In addition to want to see the temple also many who do meditation.
The way to the temple along the 2 km can not use the bus because of narrow roads. In addition, the road straight up so that only vehicles that are really prime can climb the mountain slopes. This road is quite narrow intentional to keep the preservation of nature in the area. Tourism Karanganyar on the beauty of nature by utilizing a gold triangle, Solo-Karanganyar-Sukoharjo.

History and meaning of each part of the Sukuh temple

Site Sukuh temple found again in the British government in the land of Java in the year 1815 by Johnson, Resident Surakarta. Johnson was charged by Thomas Stanford Raffles to collect data in order to write his book The History of Java. Then, after the British government passed, in the year 1842, Van der Vlis, that the Dutch research. Then in 1928, restoration began.

Sukuh temple was built in three trap layout (terrace), where the background to the higher.

On the first terrace there is a main gate. At the gate there is a candrasangkala in the Java language “ gapura buta abara wong “. This means in English is “Gapura the giant man eating”. Words have meaning 9, 5, 3, and 1. If they get behind the Saka year 1359 or 1437 years BC. On the ground floor of this gate there is a relief that describes the phallus dealing with the vagina. Cursory look really porno, but not the meaning of. For is not possible in the holy place of worship which is the symbol that there is a porno. Relief is the value of depth. Relief is similar in the phallus-Yoni symbolizes the Hindu god Syiwa with his wife (Parwati). Lingga-Yoni is the symbol of fertility. Relief is deliberately carved on the floor in the entrance, with the intention that those who skip relief, and all the dirt embedded in the body to be clean, as has been cleaned.

On the terrace there is also the second gate, but conditions have been damaged. On the terrace there is also the second gate, but conditions have been damaged. On the right and left of the gate there is usually a statue doorman (dwarapala), also found, but in a damaged condition and shape is not clear anymore. Gate is not roofed and the terrace is not found many statues. But on this there is a gate candrasangkala in the Java language “gajah wiku anahut buntut”. This means in English is “Elephant, clergy, bite a tail.” Words have meaning 8, 7, 3, and 1. If they get behind the Saka year 1378 or 1456 years BC. So if this number is correct, then there is the difference almost twenty years with the first gate on the terrace!

On the third terrace, there is a large yard with the main temple and some relief on the left and the statues on the right. If the visitors want to come to the main temple is holy, then, must go through the stone stairs, which is relatively higher than the previous stone stairs. In addition, the narrow alley. Perhaps architecture is deliberately made so. For the main temple is similar to the vagina of this, according to some experts, is made to test the virginity of girls. According to the story, if a girl is still virgin, when the climb, the hymen will tear and bleed. However, when it is not virgin anymore, so when the skip of the stone, the clothes will be torn and apart.

Right at the top of the main temple in the middle there is a square that appears to be a place where offerings. Here, there are former ex-incense, incense is burned and hio, making visible the often used to pray.
With the structure of the building such as this, the Sukuh temple infringe architectural pattern books from the Hindu Wastu Widya

In the book are that the form of a temple should be square with the exact center, and that it is the most holy place. While the Sukuh temple that deviate from the rules that it is not a surprise, because when made Sukuh Temple, Hindu era glory fade already, and the ebb and flow, so that the original culture Indonesia up to the surface again, the Megalithic culture prahistori time , so that perforce native cultures of Indonesia participated in Because the trap is the third most holy trap, then when there are many known heritage. Like the first and second trap, the trap is also the third divided by two paths made of stone. Stone street in the middle of the temple is rare in the general temple. Models such as the only way in “building the sacred” Megalithic prehistoric era.

On the south side of the road rock, in the yard there are fragments of stone that depict the story Sudamala. Sudamala is one of 5 or Pandawa knight, known as sadewa. Sudamala called, because sadewa has been successful “ngruwat“*) Bathari Durga, that gain from the condemnation Batara Guru, as they diverge. Sadewa successful “ngruwat” Bethari Durga who is the female giant called Durga or sang Hyang Pramoni back to the original face of a seraph in heaven with the name bethari. Uma Sudamala its meaning is, that have been successfully freed the curse, or who have successfully “ngruwat” The Story of Sudamala taken from the book Sudamala ballad

At this location there are two statues of Garuda is part of the story of the search Tirta Amerta which is in the book Adiparwa, the first book of Mahabharata. At the head of the Garuda there is an inscription. Then as part of the story of the search Amerta Tirta (water of life) in this section there are three tortoise statue symbolizing the earth and the god Vishnu incarnation. The form of turtle is like a table and there is a possibility that is designed as a place to store offerings. A truncated pyramid that peak, the mountain peak Mandaragiri taken to churn the oceans slosh explore Tirta Amerta.
Overall, the tourism object Sukuh temple provides views of the new temple and the form of relief that is not prevalent as other temples on the island of Java. Of course, this is evidence that shows the cultural richness of Indonesia

*)Ngruwat = redemption and sanctification on human sin

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