Stoned Cold 3
- krolesh
- Mar 9, 2024
- 2 min read
Western Temples
The next day we visited the more grand and famous of the area's temples, those in the Western Temple region.
We decided to go in the forenoon.
More phallic symbolism than you can poke a dick at. PM Modi taking credit for pretty much everything, as usual.
The grounds are beautifully manicured and clean, which is now the case for many major tourist sites in the country. There were quite a few tourists there, and they were pretty much all Indian. We got sore jaws from all the selfies we were asked to pose for.
The temples, of course, were next level magnificent, and are world famous for their erotic sculptures and depictions of the Kama Sutra. But eroticism is the subject matter for only about 10% of all the sculptures, there's a huge array of other sculpture here, and the erotic ones aren't really positioned in particularly prominent places, just mingled in with all the rest.
There's literally tens of thousands of sculptures, each of them skilfully carved from stone or marble, each depicting deities, scenes from daily life, including many detailed depictions of sexual positions (you know, daily life), and countless historically real or mythical tales.
Incredible intricacy
Incredible intimacy
Girl band
Ganesha
Ouch
Ancient inscription in Sanskrit
Inner sanctum, with the Big Cheese, Shiva-ji
After all that hot action we needed to cool down with a lassi and some mild(ish) South Indian food.
To The Abode Of Krishna
Neither Phil nor I had ever visited Khajuraho, nor had we been to our next destination, Vrindavan, the place where the infant Prince Krishna escaped assassination by being switched at birth, resulting in some other poor kid getting the chop.
Yeah, Vrindavan is a major heartland of the Hare Krishna movement, and the whole place is packed to the thatched ceilings with devotees and pilgrims.
And monkeys.
It was cold, foggy, and really crazy in the super crowded laneways and temples.
Yeah, we were in for another episode of overwhelming intense India.
And, I have to admit, sometimes it can really get the better of ya❤️
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