Mysteries & Myths : Sukuh In Central Java
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Sukuh situated on the slopes of Mount Lawu in the Village Berjo Karanganyar regency, Central Java, there is a temple which has a unique structure because it looks like a Mayan pyramid building. According to the promotion of Tourism Karanganyar, the temple which was built in 1437 Tantric Hindu society was not only the temple was the youngest in the archipelago is also the most erotic temples
In this temple complex there are statues of winged creatures. These creatures are referred to as the eagle because one of the statues that are still intact showed the head like an eagle. Only, these statues have arms and legs like a human and angelic wings. Is this statue depict extraterrestrials?
This temple is very simple and contains a number of reliefs with various shapes. Among other forms of male genital and women who made almost touching. In the row of reliefs that decorate the walls of the temple reliefs also depicted an angel with the body position of "resignation" as well as relief of a woman's uterus is quite large in size.
Also around the temple is also filled with reliefs that are not related to each other giving rise to many stories. The stories about the relief it can vary depending on the perception of the people in accordance with the point of view. There is a legend of Goddess Uma, who condemned him for doing oblique Guru with a herdsman. There are also stories of women who lost to gambling and released in this temple so that it can enter sawarga (heaven). Legend of the local people call this temple is a place to meet with the spirits of the dead.
Sukuh situated on the slopes of Mount Lawu at an altitude of 910 meters above sea level. Weather was cool and the rainy season is always a thick fog blanketed the area's beautiful natural temple. Each month between 200-250 foreign tourists come to the temple with a variety of purposes. In addition to seeing the temple was also a lot who do meditation because this temple is an area where residents Ruwatan slopes of Mount Lawu.
Page Sukuh itself consists of three terraces.
Taking into account the composition of the terrace in Sukuh many people trying to link the arts with the art of Egypt or Mexico. Due to enter the terrace we first have to pass through the gate, which if we look from below is similar pylon gate (gate to enter the pyramid) from Egypt.
On the left and right at the gate there are reliefs which show clearly that what is meant is the year tertentu.Kita see on the left there is a picture of a man who was swallowed by a giant. At the gate reads candra sengkala "
Bhutto gapuro Aban wong".
On top of a tree there are some birds, was under there was a dog who watched the terrible events. Please note that the Java literature gives specific numbers on the buildings or the reliefs on the items contained in each of arch gate means 9. Giant means 5, the swallow means 3 and the human one. Then the arrangement of numbers on the back and read from Java lies the year 1357 or the year AD 1437.
While the reliefs on the right shows the same year with the moon sengkala that reads "gapuro Bhutto nahut bu (n) tut" which means the number of years caka 1359. This relief was running a giant picture of a snake bite. At the top there is a creature was floating and a beast.
Floor we see any relief Linga (female genitals) dealing with the opposite sex yoni (male genitalia), perhaps a picture that has to do with the fact that the relief Sukuh genitals were fertility related ceremonies.
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