[Leica] Khajuraho

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

Jayanand, that is one impressive temple complex and the detail you've 
captured is incredible. How many years that carving must have taken...

I have to say I put aside my western prudery and looked at the ins and 
outs of your images in the Erotic Sculptures folder. To be honest, I've 
a sore neck from looking at all the angles. Unfortunately, my aunt the 
nun has passed away as she used to like a good holy statue :-)

Douglas

On 03/01/2023 14:04, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> On our recent trip, Neela wanted to go to Varanasi, and I wanted to go to
> Bandhavgarh, so the only practical method of getting from the latter to the
> former was to drive to Khajuraho (5 hours from Bandhavgarh) and take a
> flight the next day to Varanasi. Khajuraho hosts a profusion of temples
> dating from the 9th to 11th centuries by the Chandela Kingdom, that had
> been forgotten till an English Surveyor, T.S.Burt, was taken to them by
> locals in the first half of the 19th century. The temples are beautiful,
> largely made out of sandstone, festooned with exquisite sculptures. In the
> 9th to 11th centuries, Central India was still completely Hindu in its
> ethos, and had not yet been influenced by the Abrahamic religions, and the
> associated prudery, so sex was not taboo, it was just another facet of life
> to be reckoned with, with the result that 10% of the decorative sculptures
> there depict explicit erotic acts of sex. Needless to say, Khajuraho is in
> the top five tourist destinations in India. ?
>
> We had one evening in Khajuraho, and we went to the Western Complex, next
> door to the hotel we stayed in. A sample of the erotic sculpture is in a
> separate folder, so list members can make their own decision whether to see
> the photographs or not.
>
> Unusual Angles:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Varanasi/Khajuraho/Khajuraho-20221204-074-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Temple Exterior:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Varanasi/Khajuraho/Khajuraho-20221204-031-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Juxtaposition:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Varanasi/Khajuraho/Khajuraho-20221204-052-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Message From Mt.Kailash (or Heaven):
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Varanasi/Khajuraho/Khajuraho-20221204-122-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Sunset:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Varanasi/Khajuraho/Khajuraho-20221204-131-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Erotic Sculptures:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Varanasi/Khajuraho/Khajuraho2/
>
> Please see LARGE
>
> Comments and criticism, as usual, welcome
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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