[Leica] Unpublished: Oh!

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Somnath still has crack commandos guarding it, as it is a prime target for
Islamic Terrorists - having sacked it 6 times, the temptation to go for a
7th is at times irresistible to them. Of course its location also meant
that any invader coming to India by the sea coast was bound to make
landfall there:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/_1060359-Edit.jpg.html

In the same state as Somnath, Gujarat, there is a jewel of a Sun Temple
(like Konark), called Modhera which has explicit sculptures inside the
inner sanctum - in earlier days we Hindus were not the prudes we have
become, and considered sex a normal activity, a symbol for fertility and
longevity of the species, and something to be worshipped. It was sacked in
a most ingenious way by Allauddin Khilji - he just chopped the hands or
feet off all the idols of Hindu Gods and Godesses in the complex knowing
that Hindus do not worship desecrated idols. The net effect is that it is
pretty well preserved even today. Here is an outside view:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/_1060726-Edit.jpg.html

Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 6:30 AM, scleroplex <scleroplex at gmail.com> wrote:

> dear philippe,
> please do post your photos of khajuraho temple to the lug.
> it will harm neither us nor the temple :-)
>
> we in india learnt that having a temple become famous is a bad thing
> from the experience of Somnath Temple on the west coast in gujarat.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somnath
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmud_of_Ghazni#Destruction_of_Somnath_Temple
>
> we had to rebuild it 6 times after it was destroyed by invading muslims 6
> times.
> the present 6th temple is very photogenic too but nowhere like khajuraho
> temple,
> which was saved by it's location in the deep interior of india.
> :-)
> bharani
>
>
> Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:48:14 +0200
> From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Unpublished: Oh!
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
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> Yes!
>
> I never dared to post the photos I took there a long while ago - the
> place has a certain magic in it, and young couples get there for their
> honeymoons I remember talking to some. This is sure another culture :-)
>
> Philippe
>
> Le 23 juin 12 ? 03:06, scleroplex a ?crit :
>
> > nice exposure!
> >
> > to see nude statues in india we go to the temple
> > :-)
> >
> >
>
> http://a10.idata.over-blog.com/2/29/15/48/Inde/083-KHAJURAHO-Erotique-copie-1.jpg
> >
>
> http://www1.sulekha.com/mstore/anandolan/albums/khajuraho,madhya%20pradesh,india/DSCF0029.JPG
> >
> > bharani
>
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