Obviously the Kama Sutras (at least 5,000 ago) and the Khajuharo temples illustrates gay roles, but it should also be noted that there are examples throughout the Itihas, Puran (Mahabharat, Srimat Bhagavatam, etc.) and countless examples of God's, Gandharvins, and enlightened heroes who exhibit dual genders and gay/lesbian activities.
The Wikipedia entry on Kamasutra does say it is a Hindu religious text, but as Wikipedia cites two references both of which are not of Indian origin, and then there is another reference which says ...
Adultery The Kamasutra, states the Indologist and Sanskrit literature scholar Ludo Rocher, discourages adultery but then devotes "not less than fifteen sutras (1.5.6–20) to enumerating the rea...
Kama doesn't need to be eliminated completely. It needs to be controlled, as per the Dharma, to be followed by a householder is a must for societal order, and slowly, and slowly through penance (tapas) in the form of vows, sacrifices, charity, fasts, etc. it need to be overcome. Even, so then Kama is difficult to vanquish or eliminate completely, for an average person, for kama (desires) is ...
I've sometimes seen descriptions and depictions of Kamadeva (Kama) as having green-colored skin, as in this article. The picture in the link above shows it as dark green (this one does, too), while...
Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha are considered as the four goals of life according to Hinduism. One might argue that Moksha is the highest amongst all four. In the remaining three - Dharma, Artha ...
Dharma, artha, kama and moksa are the four purusarthas, the four aims of life. The first of them, dharma, is a lifelong objective. The pursuit of artha (material welfare) and kama (desire, love) must be given up at a certain stage in a man's life. But so long as such a pursuit lasts, it must be based on dharma. When a man renounces the world and becomes an ascetic, he transcends dharma, but he ...