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Temples of Tantra

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There was an artiÂcle in the Toronto Star, on the sculpÂtures at KhaÂjuÂraho,Â India.

Hereâ€™s a quote from the artiÂcle:
â€œBut whatÂever the reaÂson, the sculpÂtures and the temÂples never fail to overÂwhelm tourists with their beauty and their explicit sexÂual conÂtent. The sculpÂtures capÂture a time in Indiaâ€™s hisÂtory when senÂsuÂalÂity, sexÂuÂalÂity and spirÂiÂtuÂalÂity were all entwined, local experts said.
â€œThe same is not the case today, said New Delhi resÂiÂdent Indira WadÂhwa, a tour leader for IntreÂpid Travel, an AusÂtralian travel comÂpany that speÂcialÂizes in SouthÂeast Asia. The influÂence of MusÂlim and Mogul rulers greatly changed the way HinÂduism is pracÂtised in modÂern times, she said.
â€œThe conÂnecÂtion between senÂsuÂalÂity, sexÂuÂalÂity and spirÂiÂtuÂalÂity that is depicted so strongly in these erotic temÂples has been lost in much of modÂern HinÂduism, WadÂhwaÂ said.â€

Weâ€™ll be explorÂing the link between sexÂuÂalÂity and spirÂiÂtuÂalÂity in the next issue ofÂ ITC.