Stately Khajuraho, expressing the love and heritage
Khajuraho an ancient city located in the Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh is known for it’s magnificent temples and intricate sculptures. These sculptures are built in the medieval period by the Chandela Dynasty, the UNESCO site of the ‘ Khajuraho Group of Monuments ’ is famous for its Nagara-Style architecture and graceful sculptures of female protagonists of Indian mythologies called ‘Nayikas’ and the Hindu deities. Features of the sculptures carved on the temples Built between 950–1050 AD, these temples represent various forms of meditation, spiritual teachings, and relationships, through stimulating art. The first recorded mention of the Khajuraho group of temples comes from the written archives of Abu Rihan al-Biruni in 1022 CE and the well-known traveler from Arab, Ibn Batuta. The majority of these temples are made up of sandstones of different colors except the Chausathyogini, Brahma, and Lalguan-Mahadeva temples which are made from granite. These stones are likely to have ...