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Late medieval · Hindu · Indonesia
Candi Kethek
Jenawi, Karanganyar, Central Java · -7.5942°, 111.1578°
Vishnu (a tortoise image read as his Kurma form)MataramTerraced megalithic pyramid of seven levels
Sacred since
1400 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
15th-16th c.
Mataram
History & significance
A west-facing Hindu sanctuary of seven stone terraces on the slope of Mount Lawu, north-east of Ceto. Excavation in 2005 turned up a tortoise image understood as Vishnu in his Kurma form churning the ocean, and the top terrace still carries a small stana crowned in gold and wrapped in Balinese poleng cloth.