Tantra

Topics on Tantric Cults and Practices
Page Last Updated: June 20,2008

Tantra (thu-n-tra,  from Sanskrit, technique or methodology): Tantra refers to a class of Sanskrit treatises of theology, yoga, construction of temples, healing, and religious practices such as spells, rituals, and symbols.

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Genitalia Worship Indians have regarded creation as the grandest miracles and have found divinity in the organs that facilitate it.	Female Worship "Without the Yoni, even the Lord cannot create", says a tantric prayer. Examples of female power worship.
Worship of Women in India Dr. Kamat's paper on the tradition of worship of womanhood in India.

• Cowrie Seashell
• Devotees Flanking a Lingam
• Earliest Symbol of Genitalia Worship?
• Genitalia Worship
• Genitalia as Art
• Goddess Marikamba (the ferocious mother) of Sirsi
• The Ishwar Linga
• The Linga and its Cosmic Power
• Man and Woman in a Tantric Ritual
• The Muladhara Chakras in the Human Body
• One of a Thousand Lingas, Sahasralinga
• Ruins of a Ishwara Linga
• Sculpture of Madhya Pradesh
• Tantric Goddess with the Bow
• Villagers with Drinking Bowls in their Hands
• Wood Carving

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• Kamasutra Retold -- New interpretations of ancient text Kamasutra based on post-medieval Indian sculptures, paintings, and literature. Includes graphical interpretations of many sexual positions.

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