Medieval India Temple Sculptures

How will You Explain that medieval Indian Temple sculptures represent the social life of those day ?

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Medieval Indian Temple Sculptures –

Medieval Indian Temple Architecture show varied styles.

Religious places and temples built at that time were symbolic of the rulers during that era.
Wide-ranging in architectural style, the medieval temples offer a glance into the conglomerate society that shaped India.

Examples of Medieval Indian Temples –

Kandariya Mahadeva Temple, MP
Lakshaman Temple.
Golden Temple of Amritsar.
Jagannath Temple, Puri
Hampi, Karnataka.–– 15th CE.
Virupaksha Temple.
SiddhiVinayak Temple, Mumbai.

Sculptures in the Medieval India Temples –

Sculptures of Shiva in Somnath Temple.
Erotic Posture Sculptures in Khajoraho Temples.
Lakshaman Sculptures in Lakshman Temple.
Buddha Sculptures at Sanchi Stupa
Raths Architecture at Hampi Virupaksha Temple.
Shiva sculpture at Kashi Vishwanath Temple.
Sculptures related to Sun God at Konark Temple, Odisha.
Vishnu sculpture at Meenakshi Temple, TamilNadu.

Relation between Sculpture and Social Life of Medieval Times –

During the medieval period the Indian culture gave great importance to sculpture. All the temples both in the North and South were decorated externally and internally with sculptures.
Sanctuaries and Grabahrah also contain sculpture of Nandi (Bull), Shivlings, Garud Bird of Vishnu, Boar of Vishnu, Image of God and Goddess etc.
Stone Sculptures and Metal sculpture both can be found.
Decoration of Temple sculpture with different god goddess shows prevalent belief at that time.
Multiple Heads and increasing number of arms to God and Goddess such as –– Vishnu Avatar, Laxmi Goddess on Lion shows divine power, and developed after Pala Period.
In South, Sculpture of Natraj, –– Tandav Dance of Shiva is a representation of Destruction for construction, show need of aggression to fight injustice in society.
While Sculptures in the north shows a trend of dynamic, moved, contorted attitudes –– Khajuraho while in the south style showed restraint, almost coldness, and tended towards calm and balanced attitudes. Ex –– Natraj Sculpture.
Bhuwaneshwar Sculptures styles represented the emanation and expression of a typically medieval and feudal society.

Thus Sculpture arts in Medieval India Temple resembles the society of that time and geographical region associated with the sculpture.