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Title
Kandariya Mahadeva Temple
Creator
Leonelli, Elisa
Date Created and/or Issued
1984
Publication Information
Claremont Colleges Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Elisa Leonelli, Photojournalist
Rights Information
Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. For permission, email leonelli@earthlink.net
Photo © Elisa Leonelli, 1984
Description
Kandariya Mahadeva Temple, mithuna couple. One of the most famous erotic sculpture of Khajuraho, depicts a very acrobatic sexual position.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
elp00741.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll13/id/745
Language
English
Subject
Kaṇḍariyā Mahādeva (Khajurāho, India)
Temples
Travel photography
Sculpture (visual works)
Mithunā
Place
Khajurāho (India)
Source
Color photograph: Khajuraho, Elisa Leonelli photo archives
Relation
India, Khajurāho
Elisa Leonelli, Photojournalist - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll13

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