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Khajuraho temples, central India
From our trip around North India. Khajuraho temples with many sculptures in erotic positions. November 2006.
Khajuraho (Hindi: खजुराहो) is a village in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, located in Chhatarpur District, about 385 miles (620 kilometres) southeast of Delhi, the capital city of India.
The Khajuraho group of monuments has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
One of the most popular tourist destinations in India, Khajuraho has the largest group of medieval Hindu and Jain temples, famous for their erotic sculpture. The name Khajuraho is derived from the Hindi word khajur meaning date palm.
The city was once the original capital of the Chandela Rajputs, a Hindu dynasty that ruled this part of India from the 10th to the 12th centuries. The Khajuraho temples were built over a span of a hundred years, from 950 to 1050. The Chandela capital was moved to Mahoba after this time, but Khajuraho continued to flourish for some time.
The whole area was enclosed by a wall with eight gates, each flanked by two golden palm trees. There were originally over 80 Hindu temples, of which only 22 now stand in a reasonable state of preservation, scattered over an area of about 8 square miles (21 km²).
Unlike other cultural centers of North India, the temples of Khajuraho never underwent massive destruction and a number of them have survived. They are fine examples of Indian architectural styles that have gained popularity due to their salacious depiction of the traditional way of life during medieval times. They were rediscovered during the late 19th century and the jungles had taken a toll on some of the monuments.
The Khajuraho temples do not contain sexual or erotic art inside the temple or near the deities; however, some external carvings bear erotic art. Also, some of the temples that have two layers of walls have small erotic carvings on the outside of the inner wall. There are many interpretations of the erotic carvings. They portray that, for seeing the deity, one must leave his or her sexual desires outside the temple. They also show that divinity, such as the deities of the temples, is pure like the atman, which is not affected by sexual desires and other characteristics of the physical body. It has been suggested that these suggest tantric sexual practices. Meanwhile, the external curvature and carvings of the temples depict humans, human bodies, and the changes that occur in human bodies, as well as facts of life. Some 10% of the carvings contain sexual themes; those reportedly do not show deities, they show sexual activities between people. The rest depict the everyday life of the common Indian of the time when the carvings were made, and of various activities of other beings. For example, those depictions show women putting on makeup, musicians, potters, farmers, and other folks. Those mundane scenes are all at some distance from the temple deities. A common misconception is that, since the old structures with carvings in Khajuraho are temples, the carvings depict sex between deities.
Between 950 and 1050, the Chandela monarchs built these temples when the Tantric tradition may have been accepted . Adherents of Tantrism teach that gratification of earthly desires is a step towards accomplishing Nirvana. In olden days, before the Mughal conquests, when boys lived in hermitages, following brahmacharitva until they became men, they could learn about the world and prepare themselves to become householders through examining these sculptures and the worldly desires they depicted.
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Divine Temple Khajuraho (2002) - Hindi
The ancient Indian temples of Khajurao are internationally famous for their erotic carvings and statues. The famed Indian treatise on sex, The Kamasutra, is supposed to be inspired by these carvings. This is a film that does full justice to the alluring culture of the place by telling a truly unique, exotic & wonderful love story centered around the place of divine temples - Khajurao
Length: 132
Rating: 4.30 (29 ratings)
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Divine Temple Khajuraho (2002) - Hindi
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The ancient Indian temples of Khajurao are internationally famous for their erotic carvings and statues. The famed Indian treatise on sex, The Kamasutra, is supposed to be inspired by these carvings. This is a film that does full justice to the alluring culture of the place by telling a truly unique, exotic & wonderful love story centered around the place of divine temples - Khajurao
Length: 136
Rating: 4.20 (10 ratings)
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khajuraho
templos magnificos con sus esculturas eroticas, es el kamasutra en piedra!!!!
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Khajuraho
short explanation of Khajuraho temple by Rameswer Gupta to Laura
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Length: 61
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Khajuraho Temples
Why are there so many beautiful temples at Khajuraho? Baba Ji explains, while we look at Kandariya Mahadeo temple
Length: 77
Rating: 4.20 (5 ratings)
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