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DSC00190/Java/Candi Sukuh/Solo Est aréa/ Near Mount Lawu

Truncated Pyramid central building of the Candi temple dedicated to shiva and fertility culte of human people according Tantric ritual and Hinduism , temple built from 10 th century

Candi Sukuh 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 (6 ft) high of lingga (phallus) with four balls, representing penile incisions, was one of the statues that has been relocated to the National Museum of Indonesia.

 

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Taken on September 21, 2011