Description
Sculpted over a millennium ago, the stone still flows like a river along the smoothness of her thigh, the curve of her hip, the sinuous rise of her breasts. The shilabalikas that even today adorn the walls of ancient Indian temples are the physical manifestation of grace, of beauty, of splendour. They were the embodiment of the fine arts and fertility, and the exquisitely fine stonework required to fashion them was itself a metaphor for the inimitable finesse they displayed. Devout Hindus travelled to these temples, praying under the quiet gaze of these maidens every day for a thousand years.
