Erotic Sculpture In India
If you want proof that the Kama Sutra originated in India , Khajuraho is the place to see. Erotica abounds here with around 20 temples, many featuring sexuality and sex. However, in reality, the temples are not nearly as limited to erotica as you may expect it actually only makes up approximately 10 percent of the multitude of carvings on them. Nowhere else will you find such unique temples with meticulously detailed carvings. The titillating temples are best known for their erotic sculptures.
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Sex was not a taboo in India: Look at these 7 temples famed for erotic sculptures
Some sculptures adorning the outer walls of the temples of medieval period of India, depict bold erotic themes of sexual act or union of male and females in unusual postures. This has evoked curiosity in many lovers of art and philosophy as to why erotic sculptures were part of temple architecture. This well illustrated research work explores the intentions of such sculptural representations and derives how the highly abstract, philosophical and universal topic of taming the mind through Raja yoga and forms of tantra yoga has been translated into the very attractive figurative form and presented in temples to give information about the esoteric knowledge. If you know the book but cannot find it on AbeBooks, we can automatically search for it on your behalf as new inventory is added. If it is added to AbeBooks by one of our member booksellers, we will notify you!
Of these, only about 25 temples have survived, spread over six square kilometers. Burt, a British engineer, visited the complex and reported his findings in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. When these monuments were built, the boys in the place lived in hermitages , by being brahmcharis bachelor until they attained manhood and these sculptures helped them to learn about the worldly role of 'householder'.