Away from the major cities and towns in Madhya Pradesh, Khajuraho
still stands tall above the vegetation albeit as a small village.
Khajuraho is renowned world over for its temple architecture
and was once the capital of Chandela dynasty.
Most of the temples in Khajuraho, arranged in Western, Eastern
and Southern clusters, were built within a century between
950 and 1050 AD. Its isolated location helped protect the
stunning Khajuraho temples in Indo-Aryan architectural style
from the rampant destruction at the hands of the Mughals so
that you can visit the temples on your tour to Khajuraho and
spread the word around about its unparalleled temple art and
architecture.
Besides the images of gods and goddesses, warriors, mythological
animals, the two most prominent aspects of the carved images
in the temples at Khajuraho are women and sex. These images
of naked women (apsaras) and the more famous carved erotic
images (mithun) of possible, probable and improbable positions
and postures make the temples of Khajuraho a favorite with
domestic and international tourists.
These images are not mere carvings of Kamasutra on stone
but are an honest portrayal of the lives of the people of
Khajuraho under the Chandela rule. The sexually explicit images
represent another aspect of living in an open society that
considered sex as another route to nirvana.
If you tour Khajuraho during the Khajuraho Festival of Dance,
you'll be stunned by the depth and variety in Indian classical
dance forms. Against a backdrop of floodlit Khajuraho temples,
the best and world famous classical dancers perform for the
celestial audience. You can also watch the music festival
and Besan Festival on your tour to Khajuraho.
The temples in the Western Groups are the main tourist attractions
in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh and have well preserved within
a fenced park by Archaeological Society of India. The Western
group is a cluster of 10 temples including Lakshmi and Varsha,
Lakshmana, Kandariya Mahadev, Mahadeva, Devi Jagadamba, Chitragupta,
Parvati, Vishwanathn and Nandi, Matangensvara, and Chausath
Yogini and Lalguan Mahadev.
The temples under the Eastern group is a mix of Jain temples
such as Ghantai and other Hindu temples that are scattered
over the new settlement areas constituting the village. You
can also visit the temples in the Southern group of temples
on your tour to Khajuraho.
The sound and light show that documents Khajuraho's
history over 4000 years is worth a visit in the evening on
your tour to Khajuraho.
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and travel packages for Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh. To book
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