In this regard, Ra.Bala has said on the Quora website: Sex has never been seen as obscene in the Hindu tradition and should be hidden. The human body is seen as a symbol of the universe. Therefore, the sexual power that creates the human body was considered in the Tantric tradition as the primal power and the work of Brahma.
Temples have all kinds of idols, not just obscene idols. They are statues that speak of human life. These include sexual idols and lustful idols. All idols are symbolic. When Bhakti prevails we do not think of symbols.
All these idols are from the Shakta tradition. Saktam personified cosmic energy as female. That is what we call power. Therefore, childbirth and breastfeeding are seen as source power. If you see the sitting position of the goddesses, they are sitting in a position showing the yoni. The woman’s vagina was considered creative.
Yoni has a very wide meaning in Sakta tradition. We cannot understand it philosophically. There are very complicated mathematical formulas for the distance between the vulva of idols and the edges of idols.
I can theoretically develop my answer to this question (in the form of my creation) as a yoni, just as the yoni is the center of creation. Because this is the source power of the universe. (In Sakta tradition) Kerala has Sakta tradition. (Bengal too) In Kerala Bhagwati Temple, there is a custom of traveling many kilometers to take alms and go to the temple after a mandal fast and greet the Goddess with bad words. All these are tantric methods. All this is surprising to an ordinary Hindu. Virgin worship, yoni seva, sahasayanam (which Gandhi tried) are part of the Hindu philosophy.
We have despised Tantricism because of our passion for Bhakti. The reason pornographic idols offend our sense of morality is because we do not understand their philosophical background.
Hinduism consists of six philosophical philosophies namely Saivism, Vaishnavism, Shaktism, Selaram, Kolamaram and Pandanthyam. Hinduism is not just about worshiping Gomada. Cow sacrifice was also a Hindu tradition. We are shocked that we see Hinduism as a single force.
Our wisdom tradition over thousands of years is the result of a series of thoughts. What is sacred in some places is not sacred in others. We bow down to the position of female deities sitting in the temple and we cannot accept the women of our house sitting like that.
For an Advaiti, Kali and Kimkatasian are one and the same.
It was the ancients who realized that X energy is the contradictory concept of the universe, considering it as the action energy of men’s Penis and the effect energy of women’s Vagina. They were able to advance a great distance in spirituality.
A temple is not only a place to worship the Lord, do penance and observe rituals. The temple has been a cultural center since ancient times. A place associated with temple art. Dances are performed in temples. Dancers have worked in the temple. Similarly, sculpture is associated with the temple.
Rituals were performed to acquire wealth. Wealth came in two ways. As children from lands and through women. Both are sources of production. Both of these are proofs of seeing God’s Lila with the eye. Knowing and passing through knowing is the forerunner of spirituality. This advance is the way to reach the highest level of human truth. Therefore, lust is realized through knowledge. They created sexual sculptures according to Tantric tradition.
Hinduism is a vast collection of various forms of worship and wisdom. Is it these images that keep our mind from going to God? Maybe if there are no such idols in the temple, can we directly worship the shrine idol without distraction? A small sound, something pleasing to the heart, a beautiful woman or man can take our mind off God. Lust is always simmering in the human mind. We can never overcome it by hiding it. Need to decode. Knowing why lust is the way to overcome it. That is the path of wisdom.
Idols, images and symbols cannot be understood by our modern educated logical mind. There is no final object for any idol. We need to develop a mindset. Because Tantrika is something we are not used to. So we call it obscenity.
What I have written above is what I got from books and some scholars at different times. I have compiled and written to some extent from memory. So there might be some mistakes. This is what he said.
I don’t remember seeing such idols in Vaishnava temples (Srirangam Aranganathar Temple, Kanchipuram Varadaraja Porumal Temple, Tirupati Eyumalayan Temple, Chennai Parthasarathy Temple). Please point out if I am wrong.
Bliss is kept out and bliss in – If one is inclined towards sensuality, it may mean that it is futile to go to the temple and pray to God.
All Brahmins should recite Kamokarishith Japa 108 times before changing Poonul (Yannopaveedam) on Avani Avitam. It means Kama (desire) and Grotham (anger) are inevitable. So I worship these. This japa is very important for celibates. Kaman is the cause of lust and Manyu is the cause of anger. To worship them is to ask them not to come near me. Kaman has also touched Shiva. “Shinam is soothing, Tamil is speaking” – Auwai reminded Alaghan.
The unimaginably perverted idols are designed to remind us that lust is uncontrollable and that it can only lead to further and lower thinking. For example a sculpture with a horse (or donkey? something). It is depicted as the woman in the sculpture closing her eyes so that she cannot see. Such sculptures would never have been practically possible.
Similar is the idol of Ayyan. That much anger will destroy everyone – especially sinners. Everyone knows that there is no sinless person. Hence the procession of supplications, remedies and anger. The education system of those days and the village life must be considered. We have never seen such idols in our village temple (Venkateswara). It is unlikely that there were any such idols in the Gurukula. He said this.
Similarly Chenpagam Pillai said:
It’s a difficult thing to convince people these days that they’re not obscene.
Some people who are old enough to come to the temple and newly married people say that this is to know about sex. That too is wrong.
Temples were built over many years by thousands of men and women workers and under the supervision of kings and acharyas.
There are many secret notes behind them.
“Gopura darshan is a million blessings”.
The places where these idols are kept are also called Artha Mandapam (place of meaningful things) and Maha Mandapam (place of high things). It is difficult to write everything here.
Thirumoolar tells the way to see Tirumala through the following verse.
“With the raised semen
Push the stick through the mark
Vallirele to eat Balaam Amrit
That’s the trick of ruling the poor.”
Reading this will be obscene. But knowing the meaning will be amazing.
Many people have given many explanations to the question of why there are obscene idols in temple idols.
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