The Temples of Khajuraho,Madhya Pradesh,India

In this sleepy little town a long way from anywhere,a century-long burst of creativity during the dynasty of the Chandela kings,resulted in the construction of more than eighty-five temples of which twenty-two remain,decorated with long running friezes that intersperese day-to-day scenes with military precissions.Khajuraho is the most renowned,however,for it's profusion of sensual and erotic friezes and sculptures,in which celestial maidens pout and pose while other figures engage in the every imaginable positions of the Kama Sutra.These sculptures are great jubilant paeans to life,with an extraordinary explicitness that makes them as remarkable today as they must have been when they were first unveiled.