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English: Amruteshwar Temple is an intricately carved Shiva temple in Ratanwadi, Maharashtra India. It is over 1200 years old and was built by the rulers of Shilahara dynasty in the 9th century CE.

The temple is built in Hemadpanthi architectural style with Black and Red stone has 12 pillars and beautifully carved murals. Erotic sculptutes on either side of entrance. Erotic sex sculptures at temples was a part of education system or a symbolic tantric element of ethereal practice or a symbolic gestures for renouncing worldly pleasure.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amruteshwar_Temple

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/destinations/discovering-the-reality-of-sensuous-side-of-these-indian-temples/articleshow/65040778.cms
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Author Prof Ranga Sai
Camera location19° 31′ 03.97″ N, 73° 43′ 22.25″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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Errotica on Amruteshwar trmple

1 August 2024

19°31'3.972"N, 73°43'22.253"E

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