Brochures call it “the most exotic temple in the world”, and guides tout it as “a combination of Mexico and Switzerland”. One thing for sure, Sukuh is nothing like any other temples you see in Java.

Sitting on the slopes of Mount Lawu, Central Java, about 910 meters above sea level, the Hindu temple was among the last to be constructed in Java, before Islam gained a foothold in the island around the 15th century. Although