Erotic Arts of India
First Online: August 15, 1997
Last updated : November 15, 2024
© K. L. Kamat
Table of Contents
| Kamat on Kamasutra Ever wondered why there are sexually explicit sculptures in Indian temples ? Kamat explains that ancient Hindus gave sex its due importance in the scheme of things |
Beauties of Khajuraho The temples of Khajuraho built in the tenth century contain stunningly explicit sexual sculptures. |
| Mortal Women and Celestial Lovers Article on glorification of womanhood in Indian art. |
Genitalia Worship Indians have worshipped the sexual organs for centuries. Pictures of the Linga mystique. |
List of Articles
- Beauty of Khajuraho Temples
- Bestiality in Indian Art
- Erotic Sculptures of Bhatkal Temple
- Female Genitalia Worship
- Frequently Asked Questions: Ancient Indian Erotica
- Introduction to the Erotic Arts of India
- Janavashya of Kallarasa
- Kamasutra Positions
- The Kamasutra and Its Interpretations
- Kamasutra Positions: The Dog
- Kamasutra Positions: The Tripod
- Kamasutra Positions: The Villager's Choice
- Kamasutra: Use of Nails in Lovemaking
- Kamasutra: The Virtue of Sex
- Manasollasa on Sex
- A Note on dating the period of Kamasutra
- The Phallus: Fallacies and Fantasies
- Sixty-four Art Forms According to Vatsyayana
- The Peddling Tortoise Position
List of Pictures
- Amorous Couple, Wooden Sculpture
- Artist Lets his Imagination Go Wild
- A Beast Mounts a Woman
- Begging for Love
- Birth of a Child
- Carvings on wooden car (chariot) in Pattadakal
- The Comfort Union
- Couple at Foreplay
- Couple Engaged in a Game of Love
- Couple Entangled in a Love Knot
- Couple on their First Night
- Depiction of Bestiality
- Depilated Lovers
- Divine recreation: Krishna with two Gopikas (female cowherds)
- Divine Recreation
- The Double Decker
- Drinking Couple -- Sculpture from a Stupa in Sanchi
- Enjoying each other company
- Erotic Paintngs of India
- Erotic Paintings of India
- Erotic Scluptures of Bhatkal Temple
- Erotica from a Chariot Carving
- Erotica of Ballegavi
- Friends Engaged in Sexual Activities
- Genitalia Worship
- Girl preparing to meet boyfriend
- A Group Sex Scene Depicted in Ancient Sculpture
- "I read and I forgot… I saw and I understood"
- Illustration Based on Kokashastra of Kalyanamalla
- In Explicit Detail…
- The Ishwara Lingam
- Islamic Kamasutra (?)
- "Let Praise be Given to God that He has created Woman"
- The Love Knot
- Love, like liquor, intoxicates!
- Lovers, sculpture from a Khajuraho temple
- Making love on a comfortable bed, pillow and bed-spread
- Making Love on a Swing
- A man and two women are in the game of love.
- Man and Woman in 'Beauty of Union'
- Man Cajoles Woman
- Man disturbs wife while she puts on make up
- Man Fondles Two Women on a Swing
- Man punishes wife's paramour
- Man uses his Phallus to beat the drum!
- Mankind's First Erotic Art?
- Manmatha Shooting Arrow of Love from 'Gajanaari'
- The Mark of a Man!
- Medieval Sculpture Depicting Group Sex
- Mithuna Lovers
- Monkey Kamasutra
- The Mutually Reciprocal Position
- Needs of the body differ from that of the mind!
- "Not Tonight Dear"
- Old Fashioned Sex
- One Woman Takes on Two Men
- Painting of a Raagini, Man with Two Lovers
- The Phallus: Facts and Fallacies
- Playboy Krishna Makes Out in the Bush
- Playful Girl Friends
- "Practice Yoga and Excel at Sex"
- A Romantic Couple
- Sculpted Chandela Temples Depicting Erotica
- Sculpture of Lajja Gowri
- Self help is the best help?
- Sex in the Kitchen!
- Spanking in Medieval India (?)
- Threesome (?) Depiction
- Two playful ladies bathing together
- A Warrior Spends Time With Mistress
- Who Said Bigger is Better?!
- Woman Hanging on to her Lover
- Woman putting on makeup excites a man
- Woman Worshipping an Erect Linga
- Workplace Harassment ?!
- Worship of Linga
See Also:
- More Pictures in Online version of Erotic Arts of India CD-ROM
- Kamat PictureSearch Results for: Erotica
- Topics on Tantric Cults and Practices
- Kamasutra Retold -- New interpretations of ancient text Kamasutra based on post-medieval Indian sculptures, paintings, and literature. Includes graphical interpretations of many sexual positions.
