Khajuraho Erotic Temples -- A Major Tourist Attraction
Khajuraho is one of the most popular tourist destinations in India, and has the largest group of medieval Hindu and Jain temples in India. This group of monuments has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Khajuraho is a village in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, located in Chatarpur District, about 385 miles southeast of Delhi, the capital city of India.
Khajuraho Temples From 1974 Photos
My First Visit to Khajuraho
The temples were located in an open field and did not have the manicured gardens that surround them now. Yet, as you can see from the above picture, it had a unique beauty that seemed ageless.
Khajuraho Temples
Famous For Their Erotic Statues!!
A Village Still!
Like much of India, Khajuraho is reminescent of villages scattered everywhere thoughout India.Children still play in the streets after a rain, and people go about their daily tasks in spite of the multitude of tourists that swarm throughout the area.
Like many famous places, the sites are less significant to the locals that to the visitors. It is a part of their history. They view the temples as just another part of their environment in which they live out their lives.
Khajuraho Photos
Architecture of Passion
There are few structures in India that are morearchitecturally intriguing than these 9th to 12th century Khajuraho temples of the Chandela dynasty, situated in Madhya Pradesh, India.
Originally there were 85 temples built in the North Indian 'Nagara' style of architecture, but the majority have deteriorated or been destroyed. Sadly, only 20 of them have survived the harsh millenium of natural weathering that has passed since their construction.
The temple sculpture and images depict eroticism in its rawest form, dance, music, and scenes of everyday life; but it is the erotic sculptures which have made the Khajuraho temples famous.
The eroticism is tied to a legend of origination of the Chandela dynasty. It is said that in a moment of passion and lust, the Moon God seduced Hemvati, a beautiful Brahmin girl, resulting in the birth of Chandravarman, the founder of the Chandela dynasty.
Later in his life Chandravarman had a dream in which his mother requested that he build these erotic temples. He complied with her wish and we now have these marvelous architectural wonders.
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- Khajuraho, India
- "A UNESCO world heritage site in central India, Khajuraho is a famous tourist and archaeological site known for its sculptured temples dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu, and Jain patriarchs. Khajuraho was one of the capitals of the Chandela kings, who from the 9th to the 11th century CE developed a large realm, which at its height included almost all of what is now Madhya Pradesh state. . . "
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A nice visit to India, which is a place I would like to visit.
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More Information On Khajuraho, India
Khajuraho () is a village in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, located in Chhatarpur District, about 385 miles (620 kilometres) southeast of Delhi, the capital city of India.
The Khajuraho group of monuments has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
One of the most popular tourist destinations in India, Khajuraho has the largest group of medieval Hindu and Jain temples, famous for their erotic sculpture. The name Khajuraho, ancient "Kharjuravahaka", is derived from the Sanskrit word kharjur meaning date palm.
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