of the Kandariya Mahadeva temple in Khajuraho. One of the women is caressing another. At the Lakshmana temple in Khajuraho (954 CE), a man receives fellatio from a seated male as part of an orgiastic scene. At the Rajarani Temple in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, dating from the 10th or 11th century, a sculpture depicts two women engaged in oral sex. A 12th-century Shiva temple in Bagali, Karnataka depicts a scene of apparent oral sex between two males on a sculpture below the shikhara. At Padhavli near Gwalior, a ruined temple from the 10th century shows a man within an orgiastic group receiving fellatio from another male. An 11th-century lifesize sandstone sculpture from Odisha, now in the Seattle Art Museum, shows Kama, the god of love, shooting a flower tipped arrow at two women who are embracing one another. See also Homosexuality in India Kama LGBT Rights in India LGBT Rights in Sri Lanka LGBT topics and the Hare Krishna movement Non-westernized concepts of male sexuality Tamil Sexual Minorities References Further reading Gandhi's Tiger and Sita's Smile: Essays on Gender, Sexuality and Culture by Ruth Vanita. Yoda Press, 2005. Homosexuality and World Religions by Arlene Swidler. Trinity Press International. Love's Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West by Ruth Vanita. Penguin Books India, 2005. Neither Man Nor Woman: The Hijras of India by Serena Nanda. Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1999. Same-Sex Love In India: Readings from Literature and History by Ruth Vanita and Saleem Kidwai. Palgrave, 2001. The Complete Kama Sutra by Alain Danielou. Park Street Press, 1994. The Man Who Was a Woman and Other Queer Tales from Hindu Lore by Devdutt Pattanaik. Harrington Park Press, 2002. Third Sex, Third Gender: Beyond Sexual Dimorphism in Culture and History by Gilbert Herdt. Zone Books, 1993. External links The Gay and Lesbian Vaishnava Association – Information and support for GLBTI Vaishnavas and Hindus. 'Hinduism does not condemn homosexuality' Pink Pages, India's National Gay and Lesbian Magazine - Interview of Amara Das Wilhelm, founder of GALVA. LGBT in India