Sukuh temple is a relic of the 15th century AD. In area of 5500 meters square, this temple dominated with Sudhamala and Garudeya story reliefs. This temple is pointed out as place for Ruwatan ceremony. This can be seen from existence of the turtles and eagle statues. In addition, the building shape in staging terraces form suggest the possibility of this building as an ancestral spirits ritual worship place as well. This temple landscape is composed of three terraces, each of it are framed with 2 meters high stone wall. Each terrace has a gate and the gate is located on the west side.
The Sukuh temple is located at Dusun Sukuh, Berjo Village, Ngargoyoso District, Karanganyar regency, Central Java Province. This temple located at the Mount Lawu foot, 910 meters above sea level altitude. This temple was discovered by a Surakarta resident, Johnson, in a collapse state at 1815 (in the reign of Governor Raffles). This heritage reconstruction and preservation attempts was initiated by Archaeological Department since 1917. In 1982 this historic building was inaugurated by Education Minister, Daoed Yoesoef.
The Sukuh temple is located at Dusun Sukuh, Berjo Village, Ngargoyoso District, Karanganyar regency, Central Java Province. This temple located at the Mount Lawu foot, 910 meters above sea level altitude. This temple was discovered by a Surakarta resident, Johnson, in a collapse state at 1815 (in the reign of Governor Raffles). This heritage reconstruction and preservation attempts was initiated by Archaeological Department since 1917. In 1982 this historic building was inaugurated by Education Minister, Daoed Yoesoef.
On this temple main terrace there is a Paduraksa shaped gate similar form as Pylon those found at the entrance of the Pyramids in Egypt. The doorway arches decorated with long beard Kala form. The gate right and left side decorated with reliefs depicting someone who ran and bit a coiled serpent tail. At the gate top there is a relief of human-like creatures that fly and a beast. On the arches floor painted lingga and yoni reliefs as a symbol of fertility.
The second terrace gate are no longer intact. The shape is similar to the pre reconstruction of Bentar gate. At the front there is a Dwarapala statue in damage condition. In this building are not found another statue, other buildings or any relief.
The third gate terrace is also not longer intact. This section is the entrance to a most sacred place. Here are the main temple, the remains of buildings, statues, reliefs and inscriptions. Sudhamala reliefs decorate the north side with a five panels which supported by strut concrete underneath. In one of the panels described Bhima who killed the giant in Kawi inscription letter at the upper left corner that reads Padamel Rikang Buku Tirta Sunya, a figure that shows sengkalan (Javanese ancient literary sentence describing the number of year) 1361 saka. While on another stone pillar relief described the Garuda freed Goddess Winata from dragons slavery.
At the terrace southern part there is a blacksmith reliefs. In these reliefs there is a picture of limasan house supported by four carved poles and stand on extolled. In this section there is also a relief depicting a sengkalan, Gajah Wiku Anahut Buntut, which means the year 1378 saka or 1456 AD. In the north there is a squatting men reliefs with various sharp weapons picture behind. This relief was brought to the United States at Indonesia-United States Culture Exhibition in 1991 for one year. At other occasion, this relief has also been brought to the Netherlands in different activities.
The main temple in the temple complex is facing west, different from the average temple in Java. Temple architecture is pyramid level shaped. It is possible that on top of the pyramid a wood temple were set up and leaves only the former foundation, batur (foot of the temple) and ex-stone base. While in the middle of the temple there is a yoni.
Source
Harian Kedaulatan Rakyat, Minggu Kliwon, 18 Desember 2011 (22 sura 1945)
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