KHAJURAHO MONUMENTS WONDERS IN INDIA

 

                                                                                                                                                                           "If you art lover you must visit khajuraho once in your life time"

"The central theme of these temple focus on Hindu philosophy "life reflecting the four aspect dharma ,artha, Kama , moksha "

"There is some thing that visible some thing that is suppressed and some thing  is invisible and when you find these three you must understand of khajuraho temple your life is become complete"

Khajuraho temple a group of monuments of Hindu and Jain religious in khajuraho belongs to 85 temples in this site its spread over 20 square  kilo miters .These temple were built between ( 950 CE to 1050 CE ).The khajuraho temples are famous for nagara style and architecture symbolism and erotic sculpture  .These monument mostly were built in chandela dynasty . In 85 temple today 22 temple survived( founded)

These temple are extraordinary human creative awarded by world heritage site 

In 1986 these are found UNESCO ( united national education scientific culture organisation  world heritage site

These are symbol of architectural magnificent  disciple the height of artistic excellence reached by the artificer in ancient India. Khajuraho group of temple dedicated my two religion Hindu and Jain 

 LOCATION

Khajuraho temple monument are located in vindhya mountain range in central India these monument located i chatrapur dist madhya pradesh state in India .The rock bed of chhatarpur khajuraho located  is bundelkhand iglesias and beloved that the oldest rock in India 

LATITUDE AND  LONGITUDE

• 24.8318452 north latitude
• 79.9198549 east longitude

MSL ( MEAN SEA LEVEL) 

Khajuraho's elevations 283 meters above sea level or 928 sq ft 

HISTORY ABOUT KHAJURAHO MONUMENT

Khajuraho monument were built during the rule of chandela dynasty .The khajuraho temple mainly Hindu and Jain religious temple these temple were built Hindu king yasovarman and dhanga .In  khajuraho kandariya mahadeva temple largest and currently mostly famous temple  in khajuraho there 85 temples these temple were mostly completed between 970 to 1030

In the between 10 to 12 centuries khajuraho is capital of jajahuthi dynasty . Where khajuraho located that called central india these central India mostly control by Islam dynasty 13  to 18 centuries . In this period some temple were desecrated followed by long period temple were neglected

In 1830 local Hindu guided a British surveyor t.s Burt rediscovered by global; audience

Alexander cunningham after few years rediscovered khajuraho temple monument 

Khajuraho mean date palm ancient local legends held that Hindu deity Shiva and other gods enjoyed visiting dramatic hill formation khajuraho area

Local legend state that temple complex had 64 water bodies of which 56 have been physically identify by archaeologist

AMAZING ARCHITECTURE OF KHAJURAHO

All temple except(one)chaturbhuja model and face s sun rise

Another symbolic feature that is predominited in hindu temple the relative lay out of temple integrated masculine and feminine deities and symbol highlight

the art work symbol highlight four goals of life proper in Hinduism chethurvida purshardalu (DHARMA ARTHA KAMA MOKSHA)

• In surviving temple 
• 6  temple dedicated to Shiva
• 8  temple dedicated Vishnu and his effeminate
• 1  temple dedicate Ganesha 
• 1  temple dedicate to sun
• 3 temple dedicate to Jain tirthankar

The temple have a rich disciple of intricately carved status while they are famous for erotic sculptor sexual theme cover less then 10%of temple sculptor

The art cover numerous aspect human life

The khajuraho temple were built vastu  purusha mandala

• Mandala mean---- circle
• purusha mean-----universal essence at the care Hindu tradition
• Vastu  mean -------dwelling structure

The temple divided in to three geographical division

• western temple 
• eastern temple
• southern temple

Khajuraho temple made with  sand stone and granite stone foundation.Khajuraho temple belongs to vaishnavism saivism (Hinduism)and Jainism

In khajuraho mostly major temple surround by smaller temple

The largest surviving temple in khajuraho Shiva temple its khandariya  and Vishnu temples chaturbhuja 

KHAJURAHO TEMPLE FAMOUS FOR

Khajuraho temple feature a variety of art work of which 10%is sexual or erotic out side and inside the temple .The temple have two layer of the wall . On the temple walls several thousand of statues and great art work 

Mainly kandariya temple decorated 870 statues 10% of them various sexual possess 

• However  the Kama art represented diverse sexual expression different human being '  if your art lover you must visit khajuraho once in year life' Its the Indian largest group of  medieval  Hindu &Jain temple 
• The central theme of the these temple focus son the Hindu philosophy life reflecting the four aspect (dharma artha Kama moksha)
• Erotic sculpture permanent in comparison in the rest of sculpture we need to pay attention to find and understand these

DANCE FESTIVAL 

Every year dance festival conducted at khajuraho  in the month of feb & mar in this festival number of visitors  including international visitors visiting khajuraho 

VISITING DAYS AND TIME

Temple open every day in week  opening time 8;00am to 6;00pm

Entry  ticket

• otherthen\saarc/bimstec--------Rs600
• below 15 years free 
• Indian citizen   ---------------------Rs 40
• Citizen of saarc / bimstec--------Rs 40

MUSEUM  ENTRY

Museum open every day except  friday  timing 8'00 to 5;00 pm

• Indian saarc bimstec--------Rs10
• foreign citizen---------------Rs 250

LIGHT AND SOUND SHOW CONDUCTED

Light and sound show conducted in two language english and hindi this show timing difference in seasons 

• winter show  6;30  pm to 7;25 ` oct  to feb
• summer show 7;30 pm to 8;25  mar to sep

10.ENTRY FEE FOR LIGHTING SHOW

• Indian citizen -------------Rs 250
• foreign citizen------------Rs 700
• below 5 years  children free

NEAR VISITING PLACES TO KHAJURAHO

• Panna national park ---------------92 km 
• Ranesh fall--------------------------21 km
• Ken gharial sanctuary---------------20 km
• Ajaygarh fort-------------------------65 km
• Benisagar dam------------------------2.3 km

DISTANCE FROM KHAJURAHO TO INDIAN CITIES

• Delhi--------------------651 km
• Bhopal------------------375 km
• Lacknow---------------309 km 
• Agra---------------------431 km
• Hydrabad----------------1037 km
• Jaipur---------------------623 km
• Mumbai------------------1146 km

NEAREST AIR PORT TO KHAJURAHO

• Lucknow international air port----------------235 km
• Kanpur airport ---------------------------------182 KM
• Jabalpur airport---------------------------------183 km
• Allahabad----------------------------------------195 km
• Gwalior air port----------------------------------235 km
• Nagpur airport-----------------------------------427 km    
• Khajuraho airport------------------------------4 km

Railway station near by khajuraho---------  khajuraho railway station 0.5 km

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