Indian Temples

[codedvirus]

Most of the foreigners visiting India never visit these places.
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Kapaaleeshwarar Temple, Mylapore, Chennai
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Mahabalipuram Rock Temple, Tamilnadu.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/11...7e96c8df_b.jpg
There's a funny story in the above picture. Can you find it.

Inside Mahabalipuram Temple.
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Kanchi, Tamilnadu
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Sri Kotravaleeswarar Temple, Karaikudi, TN
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Sun Temple, Modhera, Gujarat
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BHOOTNATH temple from badami the temple city
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Akshardham Temple
http://www.akshardham.com/photogalle...hardham03f.jpg

[codedvirus]

KhajuraoBirth place of porn ....

Lakshman temple
http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/North...anTemple22.jpg

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http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/North...anTemple60.jpg

Chitragupta temple
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http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/North...taTemple11.jpg

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http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/North.../Khajuraho.htm

You can check the above link if you want to see more.

[dayag]

KhajuraoBirth place of porn ....

Lakshman temple
http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/North...anTemple22.jpg

http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/North...anTemple18.jpg

http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/North...anTemple60.jpg

Chitragupta temple
http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/North...taTemple10.jpg

http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/North...taTemple03.jpg

http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/North...taTemple15.jpg

http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/North...taTemple11.jpg

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http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/North.../Khajuraho.htm

You can check the above link if you want to see more.

I find it ironic that India has places like Khajuraho and yet you can get in trouble for kissing in public (i.e. Richard Gere and Shilpa Shetty).

What caused your country to become so modest?

[codedvirus]

I find it ironic that India has places like Khajuraho and yet you can get in trouble for kissing in public (i.e. Richard Gere and Shilpa Shetty).

What caused your country to become so modest?

That's a old story.
Indian pub attacks prompt pink knickers protest...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...ickers-protest

Politicians and I also blame westernization.

In villages you can talk about sex and other stuff more freely than our cities.

Hijra "the third gender" we used to have great respect for them but now in cities we hate them. including me ...

[bararallu]

Politicians and I also blame westernization.

This is a huge challenge for traditional societies and ancient civilizations. It's as poignant in India as it is in Israel really. Where the "west" stops everything else continues. Plus what version of "West" is the model, there are so many and they too are evolving. All said and done, do we all fall into the trap of Saudi or Iranian type reaction, or Chinese style cultural revolution before we find a balance point... don't know the answer but it is important for older cultures to consider their trajectory and then have a public debate about it.

[codedvirus]

bararallu & dayag
What do you think about the below picture....
http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/North...anTemple04.jpg

[bararallu]

wow they had midgets in horse suits even then?

[codedvirus]

wow they had midgets in horse suits even then?

lol. its not what you think .....

There is a girl watching behind the horse. From her looks i think she is thinking about her Man to be as strong and big as the horse.

I think dayag can explain it.

[Golem of Prague]

That's a old story.
Indian pub attacks prompt pink knickers protest...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...ickers-protest

I've read that story and loved it. Such a terrific sense of humor. "A Consortium of Pub-going, Loose and Forward Women"- I still can't stop laughing

Great photos, too. Indian architecture is fascinating.

[Tonto]

One of the places that I wanted to, but never traveled to, is India. I cracked up at #6, the guys in the Army posted some vids of an Iraqi nailing his donkey while they were watching through night-vision scopes. The temples are awesome! And the Kama Sutra in bas-relief.....nice. The temples all look so clean and tidy. Architecture is magnificent! Thanks for posting them, I'm very impressed.