Ancient Hindu Sculptures

Detailed carvings from temples and heritage sites, representing deities and mythical figures, emphasizing historical artistry and religious significance.

Carving on wall of a Jain Temple, human figures, representations of the gods.

Teilansicht, Shiv, Mandir, Mahanal, Komplex, Menal, Rajasthan, Tempel, Struktur, Erbe, Architektur, traditionell, heilig, Schrein, Hindu, göttlich, religiös, Denkmal, historisch, Erhaltung, landschaftlich, kulturell, Stätte. Carved idols on the outer wall of the Shiv Mandir and Mahanal Mandir Complex, Menal, Rajasthan LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 23317451

Scenery of ancient Hinduism relics at Angkor Cambodia

Carving on wall of a Jain Temple, human figures, representations of the gods.

Sculpture of Lord Vishnu as a Trivikrama, Badami Rock cut Caves, Badami, Baglkot, Karnataka, India. Sculpture of Lord Vishnu as a Trivikrama, Badami Rock cut Caves, Badami, Baglkot, Karnataka, India. Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 21701063

Dancer statue on Sun temple of Konarak World Heritage monument, Konarak, Orissa, India Copyright: xDebasishxBanerjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Carvings of Ganas on the Sri Malgatti Shiva Gudi Badami, Baglkot, Karnataka, India. Carvings of Ganas on the Sri Malgatti Shiva Gudi Badami, Baglkot, Karnataka, India. Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 21700732

Ellora Caves, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xHemantxPatil/DinodiaxPhotox

Relief on Cave No 26 Ajanta, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

Statue carved on wall of Jagat Shiromani temple, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xUmeshxGogna/DinodiaxPhotox

Famous stone carving sculptures pf Ganesha, Lakshmana Temple, Khajuraho, India. Unesco World Heritage Site

Mahishasuramardini Durga trampling buffalo demon in Durga temple, Aihole, Karnataka, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Cave temples of Badami Chalukyan king Mangalesa 593-610 A.D, Karnataka, India Heritage Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahavir Jain temple, 8th Century, Ossian, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xRavixShekhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Stone carving in Ranakpur temple, Rajasthan

India, Himachal Pradesh, Kangra District, Dharamsala, Detail of Indo Aryan-style rock-cut Masroor Temples

Bas relief in Hindu temple. Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple. Tiruchirappalli (Trichy), Tamil Nadu, India

Sculpture Goddess Durga or Mahishasuramardhini at Durga temple, Aihole, Karnataka, India Sculpture Goddess Durga or Mahishasuramardhini at Durga temple, Aihole, Karnataka, India Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 23004934

Khajuraho agni devta on wall of lakshmana temple madhya pradesh india Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

Terrakotta-Schnitzerei der Göttin Ganga mit ihrem Vahana Fahrzeug Makara im Damodar-Tempel, Radhabhallabhpur, Hooghly, Westbengalen, Indien. Terracotta carving of Goddess Ganga with her vahana vehicle Makara on the Damodar Temple, Radhabhallabhpur, Hooghly, West Bengal, India. Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 22833174

Details of carvings in the ruins of Wat Phu., Wat Phu, Champasak, Savannakhet province, Laos, South East Asia.

Shiva, the Hindu god, with his wife Parvati. Concept for tantra, Kamasutra, tantric sex Turin, Italy - May 2023: Oriental Art Museum - Shiva, the Hindu god, with his wife Parvati. Concept for tantra, Kamasutra, tantric sex Copyright: xZoonar.com/PaoloxGallox 21931711

Eight-armed Mahishasuramardini standing with her lion, niche on the northern wall, 11th century Arulmigu Peruvudaiyar Brihadisvara Temple in Gangaikonda Cholapuram near Jayankondam Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia. UNESCO World Heritage Site, Asia

Statues at Adinatha temple at Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Raja Rani temple, ruin statue, red-gold sandstone, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India Copyright: xRxModi/DinodiaxPhotox

Detail of sculpted Hindu deities on the Bridhadishwara Temple Bridhadeeshwara Temple Great Chola Temple complex in Thanjavur Tanjore, UNESCO World Her...

Sandakada pahana, also known as Moonstone, is a unique feature of the Sinhalese architecture of ancient Sri Lanka. It is a carved semi-circular stone slab, usually placed at the bottom of staircases and entrances. First seen in the latter stage of the Anuradhapura period, the sandakada pahana evolved through the Polonnaruwa, Gampola and Kandy periods. According to historians, the sandakada pahana symbolises the cycle of Sansāra in Buddhism.The ancient chronicle Mahavamsa and Pali literature such as the Samantapasadika refer to the sandakada pahana as patika. Sri Lanka.

Chandrawati temple decorated with statues, Jhalarapatan, Jhalawar, Rajasthan, northern India, India, Asia

Lord shiva temple rajasthan India Asia Copyright: xSafatxAli/DinodiaxPhotox

Stone carving of an Apsara dancer, Preah Khan Temple, Temples of Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Nepal, Patan, Royal Palace, wall niche, images of deities

Uma mahesh on wall of chitragupta temple Khajuraho madhya pradesh india Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

Khajuraho mithuna couples on wall of lakshmana temple madhya pradesh India Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

Dwarpal or door keeper at Brihadeshwara Temple also called Big Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva built in 11th Century by Chola Empire located at head of Kaveri river delta Thanjavur Tamil Nadu India UNESCO World Heritage Site Copyright: xMadhusudanxTawde/DinodiaxPhotox

Sun temple konarak orissa India Copyright: xDebasishxBanerjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Sculpture at Chaturbhuj Temple, Khajuraho Beautifully carved stone sculpture at Chaturbhuj Temple, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia Copyright: xZoonar.com/MahanteshxCxMorabadx 16841107

The Kumari Bahal is the residence of the so-called 'Living Goddess'. The building was erected about 1760-62 by King Jayaprakasha Malla in order to accommodate the Kumari Devi, or 'Virgin Goddess', supposed to be the living incarnation of goddess Taleju. Designed more like a house than a temple, the Kumari Bahal is built around a central courtyard, called Kumari Chowk, the 'Courtyard of the Kumari'. The most notable feature of the building is its wooden windows, expertly carved with a profusion of ornaments and deities. Each day in the afternoon, large crowds gather in the courtyard to witness the Kumaris short appearance at her window, accompanied by a female guardian or priestess.

Sachimata temple at jodhpur Rajasthan India Copyright: xDebasishxBanerjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Amorous couple carved on one of columns in porch in Durga temple in Durga temple, Aihole, Karnataka, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Carving Sculpture of Lord Shiva in Form of Bhikshadanar and Woman Carving in Side, Sun Temple of Jhalarapatan, Rajasthan, India. Carving Sculpture of Lord Shiva in Form of Bhikshadanar and Woman Carving in Side, Sun Temple of Jhalarapatan, Rajasthan, India. Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 21290371

Sun Temple Konark Orissa, India

Ellora caves near Aurangabad, Maharashtra state in India

India, Rajasthan, Mt Abu, Decorative Carved Marble Figures At One Of The Dilwara Temples

Virupaksha Temple, Shiva, Pattadakal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, built in 800 A.D., Bagalkot, Karnataka, India Copyright: xMadhusudanxTawde/DinodiaxPhotox

Detail of stone carvings at The Ranakpur Jain Temple at Desuri Tehsil in Pali District of Rajasthan, Western India

Close_up of carved figures, Hoysaleshvara temple, Halebid, begun in 1121 AD,and uncompleted in 80 years, near Hassan, Karnataka State, India, Asia

Ganesh Rani ki vav step well stone carving Patan Gujarat India Copyright: xHemantxPatil/DinodiaxPhotox

Carved statue at Buddhist Chaitya Bhumi of Dr. Bheem Rao Ambedkar ; Dadar ; Bombay Mumbai ; Maharashtra ; India

Bas reliefs in Hindue temple. Arunachaleswar Temple. Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India

Close-up of a temple in Khajuraho India

Finely carved sun god idol in Sun temple, Konarak, Orissa, India Copyright: xNitinxKelvalkar/DinodiaxPhotox

apsara and nayika adinath temple Khajuraho madhya pradesh india Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

Cambodia, , Siem Reap - near, Angkor Wat - Statue at Neak Pean Temple

Loard Muruga with his consorts Valli and Deivanai, 17th century wooden carvings in Meenakshi-Sundareswarar temple Chariot at Madurai, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Sculpture of Kamadev, Khajuraho Stone sculpture of Kamadev at Jain Temple in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia Not Accepted Copyright: xZoonar.com/MahanteshxCxMorabadx 16835023

Statue inside Ravalphadi temple cave, Aihole, Karnataka, India Copyright: xHxSatish/DinodiaxPhotox

Ellora caves near Aurangabad, Maharashtra state in India

Apsaras, Angkor Wat, Angkor Archaeological Park,

Sculptures of Hindu God and Goddess on the Hindu Temple, Osian Group of Temples, Osian, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. Sculptures of Hindu God and Goddess on the Hindu Temple, Osian Group of Temples, Osian, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 21269633

Carved Sculpture of Lord Shiva with Nandi on the sri Virupaksha Temple, Pattadakal, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India. Carved Sculpture of Lord Shiva with Nandi on the sri Virupaksha Temple, Pattadakal, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India. Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 21700778

Loard Nataraja Adavallan, 17th century wooden carvings in Meenakshi-Sundareswarar temple Chariot at Madurai, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Love scene European soldier and Indian woman carved in stone on wall of chhatri at Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, India Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

Erotic statues on the exterior walls of the Jain and Hindu Temples at Khajuraho in the Madhya Pradesh region of India. UNESCO World Heritage Site. Khajuraho has Indias largest group of medieval Hindu and Jain temples.

Close-up of a temple in Khajuraho India

Khajuraho vishnu on wall of lakshmana temple madhya pradesh india Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

Richly carved Human figures on pillars of Chaitya hall, Karla Caves, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xNitinxKelvalkar/DinodiaxPhotox

Horse statue at Vairavanpatti Shiva temple 1 of the 9 Clan temple of chettinad Tamil Nadu INDIA Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

The Baphuon temple, Angkor Thom, Angkor, Cambodia

Apsara Rani ki vav step well stone carving Patan Gujarat India Copyright: xHemantxPatil/DinodiaxPhotox

Marmor, Schnitzereien, Neminath, Jain, Tempel, Ranakpur, Rajasthan, Architektur, Skulptur, kunstvoll, religiös, heilig, spirituell, Jainismus, Erbe, Handwerkskunst, traditionell, Denkmal, kulturell, göttlich, Schrein, historisch, Tempel, kunstvoll, Kunstw Marble carvings, Neminath Jain Temple, Ranakpur, Rajasthan LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 23317507

Sculptures in the Upper Shivalaya Temple in north fort in Badami, Karnataka, South India, India, Asia

Mohini dancer statue on chennakesava temple Belur Hassan Karnataka India Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

IGLESIA DE SANTIAGO DE AGÜERO-S XII/XIII- CANECILLO CON CABEZA DE ANIMAL DEL QUE SALE UNA MUJER. Location: IGLESIA DE SANTIAGO. Agüero. HUESCA. SPAIN.

Carved idols on the inner wall of Kakanmath Temple, Bawadipura, Madhya Pradesh, India Carved idols on the inner wall of Kakanmath Temple, Bawadipura, Madhya Pradesh, India Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 21563554

Ellora Caves, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xHemantxPatil/DinodiaxPhotox

Duladev lord Vishnu temple of Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Zerbrochene Skulptur von Sheshasayyi Lord Vishnu in der Kuti-Gruppe von Tempeln, die sich in Thoban, Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh, Indien befindet. Broken sculpture of Sheshasayyi Lord Vishnu in the Kuti Group of Temples, located in Thoban, Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh, India. Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 22431409

Angkor Thom Relief an einer Wand des Bayon Tempel in Angkor Thom in Kambodscha Copyright: xZoonar.com/AndreasxEdelmannx 21579076

INDIA KARNATAKA BELUR CHENNAKESHAVA TEMPLE The Hindu Temple Ruins of Chennakeshava Temple with stone carving figures, also Keshava, Kesava or Vijayanarayana Temple in the town of Belur in the Province of Karnataka in India. India, Karnataka, March, 1998 Copyright: xZoonar.com/URSx 21974889

Statue of a temple guardian on the Gopuram of the Brihadeeswarar Temple Big Temple in Thanjavur Tanjore, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Cambodia, Siem Reap, Angkor, Banteay Srei Temple, Relief Carving

Nayak king love wooden carving statues in old temple chariot at Madurai Tamil Nadu India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Sculpture on wall Sachhiya Mata temple Jodhpur Osian Rajasthan India Asia Copyright: xSarveshxJoshi/DinodiaxPhotox

The god of love Kama and his woman Rati at a temple in Khajuraho India

Verul, India - 27 December 2025: View of ancient carvings etched deep within the rock face, a symphony of shadows and light dancing across weathered stone figures.

Khmer culture at Banteay Srei temple. Siem Reap Cambodia

RELIEVES TEMPLO SOLAR-MAITHUNA(ACTO SEXUAL)Y MUSICO. Location: TEMPLO DE SURIA-DIOS DEL SOL. KONARK. India.

Paravasudeva Cave Badami Bagalkot Karnataka India Asia Oct 2010 Copyright: xPhotochromy/DinodiaxPhotox

8th century Bahubali in Cave 4, Badami Jain cave temple in Badami, Karnataka, South India, India, Asia

Carved sculpture of Hindu gods in the Shri Trinetshwar Mahadev-Temple, Taranetar, Surendranagar, Gujarat, India. Carved sculpture of Hindu gods in the Shri Trinetshwar Mahadev-Temple, Taranetar, Surendranagar, Gujarat, India.

8th century Vishnu at Virupaksha Siva temple in Pattadakal, Karnataka, South India, India, Asia, Unesco World Heritage Site, Asia

Jagdish temple Vishnu Mandir built by Maharana Jagat Singh in 1651 Udaipur Rajasthan India Copyright: xHemantxPatil/DinodiaxPhotox

geschnitzt, Idole, innere, Wand, Sasbahu, Tempel, Nagda, Rajasthan, Skulptur, Erbe, Hindu, spirituell, heilig, religiös, Architektur, Schrein, kulturell, historisch, göttlich, kompliziert, Sahasra Bahu Tempel, Sasbahu Tempel, Nagda Rajasthan, geschnitzte Carved idols on the outer wall of The Sahasra Bahu temples or Sasbahu Temples, Nagda, Rajasthan LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 23317515

Carving of Doorkeeper of Hetadage, Polonnaruwa Ancient City, Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. Carving of Doorkeeper of Hetadage, Polonnaruwa Ancient City, Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 21646323

Statues carved on wall in Heritage architecture, Step well Rani ni Vava, Patan, Gujarat, India Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

INDIA KHAJURAO KANDARIJA MAHADEVA TEMPLE Erotic Sculptures at the erotic Temple or Hindu Temple of Kandarija Mahadeva Temple in the city of Khajurao in Province Madhya Pradesh in India. India, Khajurao, April, 1998 Copyright: xZoonar.com/URSx 21818930

Classic sculpture on Vamana temple Khajuraho Madhya Pradesh India Asia Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Statue from hindu temples in Qutb Minar Complex Delhi India Copyright: xMadhusudanxTawde/DinodiaxPhotox

Cave cut into sandstone hill 5 kms from vidish gupta shrines no 6 showing different gods on walls outside door frame, Udaygiri, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Vishnu Rani ki vav step well stone carving Patan Gujarat India Copyright: xHemantxPatil/DinodiaxPhotox

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