Surasundari

As a house without a wife, as a frolic without a woman, so without the surasundari, the monument will be inferior and bear no fruit.

[2] Buddhist and Jain shrines have featured sensual figures in form of yakshis and other spirits since 2nd century BCE.

However, the surasundari motif gained prominence in Indian temple architecture only around the beginning of the 9th century CE.

Shilpa-Prakasha, a 9th-century Tantric architectural treatise, declares a monument without a surasundari as inferior and fruitless.

A spiritual interpretation is that they represent shakti (the feminine cosmic energy), and can be considered as both auspicious and empowering.