i wonder why the goons aren't defacing the coimbatore temple pillars, given the obscene blasphemies carved there that are not tolerated nowadays... perhaps they never noticed them?
On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 07:43 +0530, shiv sastry wrote: > However, I was amazed by something that I saw. Every pillar has a bas-relief > carved on it depicting something, and on one pillar I saw the carved figurine > of a completely nude yogini in meditation. Other female figurines show > breasts, but the vulva is covered up - but not this one. What was even more > amazing is that on a face of the pillar at right angles to this yogini > figurine was the figure of a bearded man (most men are depicted clean > shaven). This bearded man has a huge grin on his face and has a huge penile > erection pointed at the yogini around the corner of the pillar. > > On another level, I guess I should not be surprised at all - because this is > after all a Shiva temple - and is centered around a Lingam - which is > essentially a penis set in a carved slab that represents a yoni - or female > genitals. > > There is great difference between what is tolerated nowadays and what was > perfectly Ok a few centuries ago. > > shiv > > > >
