Sukuh Temple is a Hindu temple with an impression of striking simplicity for visitors. The impression gained from the temple is quite different from the one obtained from the major temples in Central Java, such as Prambanan and Borobudur temples. Even the shape of the Sukuh temple is similar to the Maya cultural heritage building in Mexico or the cultural heritage of the Incas in South America. The structure of the Sukuh temple reminds the visitors of its shape like a pyramid in Egypt.

The simplicity of impression caught the attention of acclaimed Dutch archaeologist W.F Stutterheim in the year 1930. He tried to explain it by giving three arguments:

• First, the possibility of temple sculptor Sukuh was not a mason but a Persian carpenter from the village, and it is not from the palaces
• Second, Sukuh temples were made ​​a little bit hasty and less tidy
• Third, the political situation ahead of time with the collapse of the Majapahit kingdom as urged by the forces of Islam Demak was not possible to create large and magnificent temples

When entering the main door gate will see the most distinctive architectural forms that are not listed but slightly tilted upright, shaped like a trapezoid with a roof on it. The stones that were in the temple are color slightly reddish, because of the andesite stones type.