YOGINI TEMPLES OF INDIA: A TANTRIC TRADITION
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11 Oct
2023
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The Indian Temple
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Vidya Dehejia
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Image: Rabbit-headed yogini, Lokhari
The circular temples of the yoginis, open to the sky, present a complete contrast to the standard Indian temple with its tall sikhara above a darkened sanctum. Equally unusual is the fact that these female yoginis are placed within 64 niches along the interior of the circular wall. Who worshipped these multiple female deities? What rituals were followed? And why do so many of the yoginis have the head of birds and animals?
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Vidya Dehejia
Vidya Dehejia is Barbara Stoler Miller Professor Emerita of Indian Art at Columbia University in New York, and author of a wide range of books on the history of Indian art. As a museum professional between 1994-2002, she served as Chief Curator, Deputy Director, and Acting Director of the Smithsonian’s Freer & Sackler Galleries in Washington DC.Her most recent books include The Thief Who Stole my Heart: The Material Life of Sacred Bronzes from Chola India, 855-1280 (2021), India: A Story through 100 Objects (2021),The Unfinished. Stone Carvers at Work on the Indian Subcontinent (Roli Books., 2015), The Body Adorned (Columbia University Press, 2012). In 2012, the President of India awarded her a Padma Bhushan for “Outstanding Contribution to Art & Education.”