The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of October 18, 2026
Lakshmana Temple, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India
2000
(American, 1945–2006)
Image: 95.9 x 59.7 cm (37 3/4 x 23 1/2 in.); Mount: 114.9 x 78.7 cm (45 1/4 x 31 in.)
© Masumi Hayashi Foundation 2023
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
The Lakshmana temple at Khajuraho is one of the most ideal examples of medieval north Indian temple architecture still standing.Description
Masumi Hayashi’s image provides an experiential view of the context from which many sculptures in the museum’s historical South Asian collections have come. The meaning of the Hindu temple as an abstraction of the creation of the cosmos through time, as manifest in moldings and “vibrations” of the architecture, resonates with the way Hayashi creates a single image by combining a number of individual shots, each a different slice of time.- {{cite web|title=Lakshmana Temple, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India|url=false|author=Masumi Hayashi|year=2000|access-date=18 October 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2024.142