Chichen Itza in Mexico Vs Sukuh Temple in Indonesia

Sukuh temple lie on the western slope of mount Lawu, at the height of 1470 meters above sea level. These Temples are mysterious,because of their architecture and imagery strange. Sukuh temple has become well known as Indonesia’s only erotic temple. The explicit sexual and demonic nature of some of the carved statues and reliefs conjure up image of weird magical rites, cannibalism, will orgies and human sacrifice, ostensibly practiced to ensure the save deliverance of departed souls.


While some of the stories featured in the reliefs are delivered from Hinduism with a strong primitive elements carried over from earlier period in history.Sukuh in a fact, might be the sites of match earlier monuments which undergone alterations in subsequent centuries. Sukuh was built on the three levels or terraces.



The main sanctuary is a strapped pyramid with a flat top, above six meters high. The shape is quite unique not as temple in other Javanese. Sukuh temple more reminiscent of something which could have been produced be the ancient Aztec-Maya of central America (Chichen Itza in Mexico). Sukuh Temple  located  in Solo, Indonesia.