Loving Couple (Mithuna), Eastern Ganga dynasty, 13th century, India (Orissa), Ferruginous stone, H. 72 in. ( cm), Sculpture

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Loving Couple (Mithuna), Eastern Ganga dynasty, 13th century, India (Orissa), Ferruginous stone, H. 72 in. ( cm), Sculpture, A Hindu temple was often envisioned as the world's central axis, in the form of a mountain inhabited by a god. The temple itself was therefore worshipped. This was done by circumambulation (walking around the exterior, in this case in a counterclockwise direction) and by viewing its small inner sanctum

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