Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Cetho An Exotic Temple

Cetho Temple is one of the temples are located in the Hamlet of Ceto, Gumeng Village, District Jenawi, Karanganyar District, at an altitude of 1400m above sea level. Until now, the temple complex is used by local residents who are Hindus as a place of worship and popular as a place of hermitage for genuine religious circles Javanese / Javanese beliefs.





Location of Cetho Temple on Gunung Lawu slopes is delightful. Rolling hills, valleys and plateaus, coffee groves and vegetable plots give way to tea plantations at about 1,000m. At 1,400m and some fifteen kilometres from Candi Sukuh lies Candi Cetho which sits at the top of a steeply sloping Hindu village of the same name. It dates from the same period as Sukuh, but could not be more different. You would think you had been transported several hundred kilometres to Bali, with whose temples Cetho shares many similarities. It is an exquisitely attractive place, even if little visited.