Relief Sculptures from the Lakshmana Temple

The sandstone relief features a central, standing male deity wearing a high crown and jewelry, holding a mace and a water vessel. He is flanked by two voluptuous female attendants, one of whom holds a mirror while touching her hair. To the far right, a couple is depicted in a sexual embrace, with the male figure clutching the female. The figures are carved with characteristic soft, rounded limbs and stylized anatomical features typical of Chandela-era temple architecture.

These sculptures exemplify the Tantric integration of spiritual and carnal life within the Chandela dynasty temple program, where sexual union (maithuna) serves as a metaphor for the soul's blissful unification with the divine.