Elephant Sculpture - Konark Sun Temple (India)

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Elephant Sculpture - Konark Sun Temple (India)

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Stone elephant at the Konark Sun Temple (India)

Not sure if the human figure under the decorated elephant is a Hindu deity.

It could be a war elephant and an enemy soldier.

The Konark Sun Temple is famous for the thousands of stone carvings of Maithuna (sexual union in a ritual context).

For more photos and information about this place, go to the Konark Sun Temple album.

Date & GPS location
Photo taken on April 9, 2013
State Highway 13, Ranihatsahi, Konark, Odisha 752111, India
GPS coordinates: 19.888163,86.094638 - Download KML file for Google Earth (and other mapping apps)
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