tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346538939409399890.post1397805228432563057..comments2024-01-26T09:33:16.924+01:00Comments on Arre Kya Baat Hai: Sex and the GodsSunil Deepakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05781674474022699458noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346538939409399890.post-88401421048477529312008-02-26T08:53:50.683+01:002008-02-26T08:53:50.683+01:00Thank u for stopping by :)This one reminded me of ...Thank u for stopping by :)<br>This one reminded me of my own Khajuraho memories (http://bodhishop.blogspot.com/2005/12/stone-hymens.html)... <br><br>I love your city, esp remember an awesome day spent at Feltrinelli's. And it is also home to one of my favourite authors: Umberto Eco!DhiRAj SinGhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04910208317882413396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346538939409399890.post-52553278066031732052008-03-10T09:00:27.066+01:002008-03-10T09:00:27.066+01:00Well when I too asked about this, I was told, tha...Well when I too asked about this, I was told, that these erotic sculptures were always made outside the temple and never inside...The reason was that if you could not be distracted and aroused by looking at the sculptures, and just have a pure mind thinking about god only then could you in those days enter the temple...so basically while entering such a holy place you would have to keep a control on your desires.<br><br>I dont know if thats correct, but this is what someone told me...<br><br>Shikhawriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16573243708167346385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346538939409399890.post-28739451325060566912008-10-22T19:05:00.000+02:002008-10-22T19:05:00.000+02:00Dear friend,It is very difficult for us , in the 2...Dear friend,<br><br>It is very difficult for us , in the 21st century, with our beliefs,taboos and the way we are expected to conduct ourselves in civil society,to understand why there were so much of eroticism, including display of genitals, on the walls of Khajuraho,Konark and some other Orissa temples.<br><br>I am working on Iconography of terra cotta panels of Bengal. I can link some of the Krsna-Radha panels with the writings in GeetaGovindam and SriKrsnaKirtan.<br>Some of these panels ,created in 17th and 18th centuries , display eroticism in a limited sense.<br><br> Copulation and display of genitals ..... needless to say that such postures depict human beings and not gods and godesses....are very few.Thus, we can conclude that during 10th-13th centuries, the power behind creation of these imageries had a view-point which changed over the centuries.<br><br>All in all, 'Kmasutra' and such work had deep impact on the mind of kings and religious leaders of those centuries which faded over time.LET US STAY CONNECTEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889631483193335091noreply@blogger.com