Although still recognizably Hindu, the style of the imagery signals the resurgence of local animist traditions, as opposed to the classical model of Hindu tradition.This temple was thus more explicitly dedicated to the worship of ancestor spirits and the local spirit of the mountain. It also seems to have been connected to a fertility cult, based on the sexual content of much of the imagery. So the rituals involved were of a more localized nature, rather than involving Hinduism in its more universally recognized scriptural form.As in many Hindu temples, this one had a shivalinga, so worship focused on that.There are also various images of lingas in conjunction with yonis (vaginas), apparently for ritual purposes. One can also see flattened tortoise statues, which were apparently used for ritual offerings.There may be a connection to Tantric rituals. In Tantra, sexual symbols are used as a metaphor for uniting the individual with the encompassing, cosmos.In bridging that duality of self and cosmos, magical incantations are used to change the individual’s consciousness to a selected deity.In a Hindu context, some form of Shiva and Shakti or Devi would be invoked to symbolize the union of the universal spirit and the material or active world.Also interesting here are scenes that are somewhat reminiscent of traditional popular culture, as seen in wayang performance.These kinds of figures are different than the austere images of Hindu and Buddhist deities that we saw in earlier Javanese history.From this, we can intuit the increased prominence of localized ritual performances in the context of religious worship.