“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 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
- western temple
- eastern temple
- southern temple
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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