Bhimsen Temple

The Bhimsen Mandir or Bhimsen Temple is an 18th-century Hindu temple located in Nalamukh, Pokhara, Nepal. Bhimsen is the patron deity of people of Newari ethnicity. The temple like many in Nepal has erotic carvings on the struts.

References

  1. ↑ Tucci, Giuseppe (1969). Rati-līlā: An Interpretation of the Tantric Imagery of the Temples of Nepal. Nagel. pp. 42–43.
  2. ↑ Finlay, Hugh (1999). Nepal. Lonely Planet. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-86442-704-5.
  3. ↑ Krishan, Y. "The Erotic Sculptures of India." Artibus Asiae, vol. 34, no. 4, 1972, pp. 331–343. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3249625. Accessed 2 July 2020.