Khajuraho is a fascinating village situated in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. The temples of Khajuraho, India’s unique gift of love to the world represent the expression of a highly matured civilization. It is one of the very famous tourist places for both foreign and Indian tourists in India.
Temples of Khajuraho attract the visitors with their sculptural art, which is very exquisite and intricate. Perfect in execution and sublime in expressions these Khajuraho temples are a dedication to the womanhood. The artist's creative instincts have beautifully captured various facets and moods of life in stone.
Out of 85 temples, only 20 have survived the ravages of time. Made of sandstone blocks fitted together, the temples are aligned east-west. These are divided into Western, Eastern and Southern groups of temples.,
The Western group of temples is the largest and paramount group with most of its constituent temples laid out roughly in two rows. The Lakshmana Temple, the Matangesvara Temple and the Varaha Temple form one complex and the Visvanatha and Nandi temples are not far from this complex.
The eastern group of monuments, situated in close proximity to the Khajuraho village, includes three Brahmanical temples known as Brahma, Amana and Javari and three Jain temples, the Ghantai, Adinath and Parsvanath
The southern group of monuments comprises the Duladeo and the Chaturbhuja temples. The Duladeo is about a kilometer south of the Khajuraho village and half a mile southwest of the Jain group of temples.