This is a typical sculpture group for the Khajuraho temples. One guidebook marvels that the kings of the Chandela could build somewhere around 85 temples between 950 to 1050. Perhaps the secret was mass production. There are many many images on each of the temples that we visited but generally the individual pieces are virtually identical. Every now and then, there is a different pose or a particularly well-executed version of a standard pose. Despite the repetition, the sculptures are lovely and seen together rather unbelievable.

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