Khajuraho Temples

The architectural beauty of the the exquisite sculptures at Khajuraho temples are unlike any other in India. Among the vast number of temple, Khajuraho temple holds a special place for its intricately thematic carvings on the stones.

Build by Chandela Rajputs, a tribal dynasty ruler who ruled this part of India from the tenth to the twelfth centuries. The construction of this imposing temple that took hundred years to complete from 950-1050 AD in a truly inspired burst of creativity.

During the time of construction, the entire site was enclosed by a wall with eight gates, each flanked by two golden palm trees. There were originally over 80 temples, of which only 22 temples now stand there which scattered over an area of about eight square miles.

The earliest temples of Khajuraho were built in coarse granite. However, the most famous ones - including the World Heritage monuments known as the Western Group of temples - are mostly built in fine-grained buff, pink and pale yellow sandstone, quarried from neighbouring Panna. The temples belong to different religious sects like Shaiva, Vaishnava and Jain and mark the culmination of the northern Indian or Nagara style of temple architecture.

The temples of Khajuraho are as follows :

» Chausath Yogini Temple
» Kandariya Mahadev Temple
» Lakshmana Temple
» Varaha Temple