Stone tiger over elephant at the Konark Sun Temple (India)

The smiling mustachioed stone tiger is overpowering an elephant.

There are two on those stone tigers guarding the stair that leads to the Temple,

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

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