Apsara Naked Dancer Statues

• Apsara Gallery

Apsaras are beautiful, supernatural female beings. They are youthful and elegant, and superb in the art of dancing. They are often the wives of the Gandharvas, the court musicians of Indra. They dance to the music made by the Gandharvas, usually in the palaces of the gods, entertain and sometimes seduce gods and men. As caretakers of fallen heroes, they may be compared to the valkyries of Norse mythology. As ethereal beings who inhabit the skies, and are often depicted taking flight, or at service of a god, they may be compared to angels. Maithuna or Mithuna is a Sanskrit term used in Tantra most often translated as sexual union in a ritual context.

Apsara Dancers in Angkor Wat, Cambodia  

Apsara Erotic Art of Khajuraho Image Collection