Official Name: | Česukai |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Lithuania |
Pushpin Map-Caption: | Location in Lithuania |
Coordinates: | 54.1503°N 24.1889°W |
Subdivision Name: | Lithuania |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Alytus County |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Varėna district municipality |
Subdivision Type3: | Eldership |
Subdivision Name3: | Merkinė eldership |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Total: | 5 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Česukai is a village in Varėna district municipality, in Alytus County, southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village has a population of 5 people. The village is located 1 km south to Merkinė, between Nemunas and Merkys rivers, at Dzūkija National Park. Česukai is surrounded by a pine forest and it is only reachable by a forest road which branches from Vilnius-Hrodno highway.
Česukai is famous by its bioenergetic pyramid build by a local resident Povilas Žėkas. It is on the site of where he had a mystical experience as a child of seven on 20 August 1990.[1] It attracts a broad range of people such as Laima Paksienė, wife of Rolandas Paksas, who goes there every two weeks sometimes with her whole family.[2] She participated in a campaign to save the pyramid from demolition when this was proposed by Lithuanian officials.[3] Many people visit this place believing that this pyramid has healing powers.