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  2. Sheela na gig - Wikipedia

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    A sheela na gig is a figurative carving of a naked woman displaying an exaggerated vulva. These carvings, from the Middle Ages, are architectural grotesques found throughout most of Europe [ 1 ] [ 2 ] on cathedrals , castles , and other buildings.

  3. Chitrakathi - Wikipedia

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    It’s an almost extinct art form practiced by the Thakar tribal community of Maharashtra. Chitrakathi artists are a community of migrating story tellers found all over Maharashra and some parts of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. They made a series of single sheets of paintings. All paintings belonging to one story were kept in a bundle called pothi.

  4. Erotic art in Pompeii and Herculaneum - Wikipedia

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    [8] [1] The building that the baths are in is two stories with the baths taking up the ground floor. [8] Ancient Roman Spintria Tokens that are speculated to have been used as locker tokens in the dressing room of the suburban baths. [10] [11] On one side of the tokens is an image of a sexual scene and on the other side is a numeral. Found in Rome.

  5. Śvetāmbara - Wikipedia

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    A minority of the Śvetāmbaras are split into other traditions where either Jain temples and halls are built but puja is a minor practice, or where all construction and use of temples, images and idols is actively discouraged and avoided. These sub-traditions began around 14th-century through 18th-century and are not considered authentic by ...

  6. The Overdue, Under-Told Story Of The Clitoris

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    From ancient history to the modern day, the clitoris has been discredited, dismissed and deleted -- and women's pleasure has often been left out of the conversation entirely. Now, an underground art movement led by artist Sophia Wallace is emerging across the globe to challenge the lies, question the myths and rewrite the rules around sex and the female body.

  7. Lajja Gauri - Wikipedia

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    Icons of Lajja Gauri have been found in different villages, and local people identify her with other goddesses such as Aditi, Adya Shakti, Renuka and Yallamma. [5] A notable sculpture of her dating to 150-300 CE was found at Amravati (now kept at State Museum, Chennai), [6] Tribal areas of Central India, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, where the town of Badami, known for the Badami Cave Temples ...

  8. Typha - Wikipedia

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    Typha / ˈ t aɪ f ə / is a genus of about 30 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Typhaceae.These plants have a variety of common names, in British English as bulrush [4] or (mainly historically) reedmace, [5] in American English as cattail, [6] or punks, in Australia as cumbungi or bulrush, in Canada as bulrush or cattail, and in New Zealand as raupō, bullrush, [7 ...

  9. Muchilot Bhagavathi - Wikipedia

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    There Are 108 Muchilot Temples Spread Across Northern Kerala [1] Resembling The 108 Shiva Temples Mentioned In The Shivalaya Stothram. Muchilot Bhagavati‚ Who Is Adorned With All Beauty, Is Like A Goddess Of Beauty And Is Widely Considered As The Most Elaborate And Gorgeous Theyyam. [ 2 ]