The carving depict various activities like the circumambulation of pilgrims, operation of hunt, the joining of the passionate mithunas in kisses, warm embraces or ultimate union. The beauty of this masterpiece of monolithic architecture has received admiration from all corners of the world. In the words of the poet Tagore,"The language of man is here defeated by the language of stone.

The massive chariot-shaped temple has twelve pairs of wheels symbolising the twelve months, each pair representing the dark and bright halves of the lunar period attached to the seven horses representing seven rays of the sun. The vast scheme of work is based on the realisation of the sun's vital radiating power.