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Candi Sukuh: The Mysterious Temple of Majapahit's Final Days
High on the western slope of Mount Lawu, hidden in mist and pine forest, stands one of Java's strangest monuments: Candi Sukuh. Unlike the graceful, towering temples of the classical era, Sukuh is a blunt, stepped pyramid with stark reliefs of sexual symbolism, ritual initiation, and a giant slab for sacrifice. It was built in the 15th century, just as the Majapahit empire was fragmenting. Who commissioned it? Why did they abandon the elegant forms of Hindu-Javanese architecture for something so raw and archaic? In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the temple's enigmatic…
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