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Kamat's Potpourri: Beautiful Erotic Sculptures of Khajuraho, India
"The Chandela temples of Khajuraho in central India built in the tenth century A.D. Contain stunningly explicit sexual sculptures."

"Although Khajuraho is most famous for these sculptures, most Indian temples have them in one form or another. Belur, Halebidu, Somanathupura, and Nugguhalli temples of the Hoysala period have many such beautiful sculptures. The Badami and Banashankari temples of the Chalukya times, and the Vijayanagar temples of Bhatkal, Lepakshi and Hampi have these too. The Meenakshi temple of Madurai and Veeraranarayan temple of Gadag has erotic sculptures on their Gopuram. Ancient Indians thought that the appropriate use of sex was an art."
-K.L. Kamat
OPP
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