The Facts of Khajuraho - Articles | hindujagruti.org

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  • Male and female Statues
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  • Chandela Musicians
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  • Finally Erotic Sculpture Depicting the Kamasutra Positions.
    (Less than 10% of the total carvings)
  • The Chandelas were followers of the Tantric cult which believes that gratification of earthly desires is a step towards attaining the ultimate liberation. Tantrism has been mostly misunderstood and the Philosophical part of Tantras like the Mahanirvana Tantra have been totally forgotten. This was one of the reasons why Tantrics perished.
  • It must be emphasized that Khajuraho Temples, do not contain sexual themes inside the Temple premises or near the deity but only on external carvings. They portray that for seeing the deity, one must leave his sexual desires outside the Temple. They also depict that the inner deity of the Temple is pure like the soul (atman) which is unaffected by sexual desires and other gross tendencies, destiny etc, whereas the external curvature and carvings of the Temples depict the bodily changes that occur in us.
  • Only as many as 10% carvings contain sexual themes, not between any deities but between ordinary humans. The rest depict the common man's life of those days.
  • They give the message that one should always have God as the central point in one's life even though one is engaged in worldly activities.
  • It is a misconception that since Khajuraho are Temples, they depict sex between deities!
  • In Khajuraho Temples, the idols of Shiva, Nandi, Goddess Durga, Incarnations of Vishnu etc are fully clothed.