Erotic detal from the base of Lakshana Temple in Khajuraho (Photo credit: Aotearoa/Wikimedia)
Located in the fertile Gangetic plains of Madhya Pradesh, the sprawling Khajuraho temple complex is a fascinating monument to the sanctity of human sexuality. The central theme of the temples is the celebration of womankind, her form, for her beauty and her temperament.
Lakshana Temple, Khajuraho (Photo credit: Airunp/ Wikimedia)
The complex, built by the Chandela rulers between 950 and 1050, is a one of the finest example of Indo-Aryan architecture. It was built during a period of peace and prosperity, where creativity flourished under royal patronage. The Chandelas commissioned 85 temples, but only 22 are remaining today.
Zooerastia depicted on the base of Lakshana Temple (Photo Credit:Aotearoa/Wikimedia)
The finely engraved figures show gods, goddesses, nymphs (apsara), men, women and beasts engaged in many and varied sexual activities.
Engraving on the base of Lakshana Temple (Photo Credit: Dey/Flickr)
The temples are clustered into three groups, spread over 20 square km of land. The Chausath-Yogini, Brahma and Mahadeva temples are made of granite while all the other temples are built with fine grained sandstone.
The gentle flow of the women's cloth during this intercourse captures the ethereal moment (Photo Credit: pasug/Flickr)
Khajuraho, or Khajur-vahika, derives its name from the golden date palms (khajur) that ones adorned the gate of the great city. The engravings were not built merely for aesthetic value, as they also served to teach young virgins all they needed to know about sexuality.
Sculptures from Vishvanath Temple(Phot Credit kuranda/Flickr)
The temples are today listed as a UNESCO world heritage site, and the The Archeological Survey of India is entrusted with preserving these temples for future generations.
wow
thats my kinda temple.... I'd go to church
Nice
And you can also put your weed in there.
seog.de
There is more pictures of that here seog.de
I guess nobody's the least
I guess nobody's the least bit bothered that the society that had this temple was supported by slavery (who would be executed for the "crime" of merely walking on any stone floor near or in the temple) ?
Heh, well ...
No, not really. Most
No, not really. Most societies were supported by slavery.
BTW, that doen't look like a celebration of FEMALE sexuality to me. I obviously have no credentials, but it sure looks like any porn video you can find on the net, which I think you'd agree is not a celebration of female sexuality.
Well pornography that DOES
Well pornography that DOES celebrate female sexuality is considered "kinky" or "fetish,"
Interestingly...
quite a few of the women in the friezes appear to have their hands over their eyes to stop them witnessing the sexual acts (see the horse bestiality one and the bottom of the last image as well. I wonder what the significance of that is!
The horse...
The horse one is so bizarre...I had to forward it on to my friends.
how did she do the upside
how did she do the upside down one in the last picture ... i'm confused ...
Yeah, I don't see how that
Yeah, I don't see how that is a celebration of female sexuality either. Nope. Looks like any other porn to me.
Call it what you will......
To just dismiss it as porn shows a touch of ignorance and a sad belief in some sort puritism that never really existed in any great form or society of any age.
We, as human beings, are fundamentally a higher level of animal that walks, breathes and lives on the planet. The fact that we have a higher mental ability to go and learn, accomodate, adapt, create etc, definately gives us an ability to become better than the rest of the animal kingdom, but we ARE part of the ANIMAL kingdom. EVERY living animal has a prewired basic instinct to procreate. That is nature.
The difference is that, we as humans, over the ages and eras have learnt to enjoy and explore that part of our existance as much as any other part of human existance. Today, an individual is primarily EDUCATED to not enjoy and steered away from sexual desires and activities because someone of influence and power over society centuries ago had the opinion that it wasn't the done thing.
The very day any animal is born, (they might not know it,) male or female, their brain has a basic condition of that, when mature enough, to procreate.
It's not porn..... it's basic nature....as dipicted of an era which, we have no way of verifying how they lived other than through the works aof art such as this.
beastality
that is wat,way sick wth the horse. way sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is onlz the proove that
this is onlz the proove that humans dont change since begining, despite development we have same nature, half animal half devine
full animal
We are full animal....what is this devine???
I heard there were those
I heard there were those temples in India to teach young girls about sex.
It is all cool. A little
It is all cool. A little pussy so what?
人之初，性
人之初，性 本善。。。
Wow what thehell? Jake dual
Wow what thehell?
Jake
dual action cleanse
india
this is where the kamasutra is the manual for sexuaityu in the Braman culture for 1000 of years.likve the guy said, some idiot who couldnt do it decided it was filthy soe we r stuck with the prudes
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