Indian Classical Dance - Odissi

Rajarani temple, an 11th-century Hindu temple located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, originally called as Indreswara. Locally know as "love temple" due to the erotic carvings of women and couples, Rajarani temple was constructed of dull red and yellow sandstone locally called "Rajarani". There are no images inside the sanctum, but there are various sculptures in the walls around the temple, such as depicting scenes of the marriage of Shiva, Nataraja, Parvati, and include tall, slender, sophisticated nayikas such as turning their head from an emaciated ascetic, fondling her child, holding a branch of tree, attending to her toilet, looking into a mirror, taking off her anklet, caressing her pet bird and playing a musical instrument.