The 64 Yogini Temples: Why They Were Built Round and Open to the Sky
Most temples in India reach upward. The shikhara climbs, the gopuram stacks tier on tier, and the sanctum inside grows deliberately dark, a cave of concentrated presence. The Chausath Yogini temples do the opposite. Their walls are circular. Their roofs do not exist. The sky is the ceiling, and that…
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