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Western Group

This is the main group of temples and should be seen first if your time is limited. There is a free guided tour daily except Fridays and holidays. There is a good Archaeological Survey of India booklet about the temples by Krishna Deva.

The Laksman Temple is the best preserved of the temples. There are many carvings on the exterior. The sanctum doorway has a panel of incarnations of Lord Vishnu. There is also a panel of the 9 planets. There are carvings of Krishna on the walls. The pancha-ratha sanctum has a three-headed, four-armed form of Lord Vishnu. He is surrounded by 10 incarnations and 14 other forms of Lord Vishnu.


The Varaha Temple (10th century) is a temple dedicated to Vishnu in His boar incarnation. Varaha saved the earth by killing the demon, Hirnyaksha. It is large temple with hundreds of sculpture on it.

The Kandariya Mahadeva Temple is a Lord Siva temple. It is the highest temple, soaring 31m (95 ft), high, and most developed temple. The temple has a marble linga in the inner sanctum. Beside the main sikhara (tower), there are 84 smaller subsidiary towers, which are replicas of the main tower. The Jagadambi Temple (early 11th century) has a standing Parvati deity in the sanctum, but this temple was originally a Vishnu temple. There are several beautiful carvings of Lord Vishnu on this temple.

The Chitragupta Temple (early 11th century) is dedicated to Surya, the sun-god. The Vishvanantha Temple (1002) is dedicated to Lord Siva. It has Nandi Pavilion with a 2.2m high sandstone Nandi bull (Siva's carrier). The Chausat Yogini Temple (900) is dedicated to goddess Kali and is supposed to be the oldest temple.

 

Eastern Group

The eastern group is mainly Jain temples. There are three Jain temples within an enclosure wall. The Parsvanath Temple (mid 10th century) is the largest and one of the best. There are many beautiful Vaishnava Deities carved on the walls of this temple. The temple was originally dedicated to Adinath, but the image of Parsvanath was placed in the sanctum in 1860. Only the sanctum of the Adinath Temple (late 11th century) is original. The porch is modern. The Santinath Temple, with a 4.5m statue of Adinath, is the main place of worship. The temple has been renovated, but there is an inscription on one of the walls dated to 1027.

There are also some temples north of the Jain temples. There are some detailed carvings on the ruined Ghantai Temple (late 10th century). The Javari Temple (late l0th century) is dedicated to Lord Vishnu. The Vamana Temple (late 11th Century), 200 metres north of the Javari Temple, is dedicated to Lord Vishnu in His dwarf incarnation. The Brahma Temple (early l0th century) has a sandstone sikhara on a granite structure.

 

Southern Group

The Chaturbhuja Temple (around 1100), 3 km south of the village, has an excellent sanctum, which contains a 2.7m four-armed Dakshina-murti image of Lord Siva. The Duladeo Temple (early 12th century) was the last Chandela temple built in Khajuraho.

 

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