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The Vishvanatha Temple is a Hindu temple in Madhya Pradesh, India.It is located among the western group of Khajuraho Monuments, a UNESCO World Heritage site. [1] The temple is dedicated to Shiva, who is also known as "Vishvanatha" (IAST: Viśvanātha), meaning "Lord of the Universe".
The Khajuraho Group of Monuments are a group of Hindu and Jain temples in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, India.They are about 175 kilometres (109 mi) southeast of Jhansi, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Khajwa, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Rajnagar, and 49 kilometres (30 mi) from district headquarter Chhatarpur.
Parshvanatha temple (IAST: Pārśvanātha Mandir) is a 10th-century Jain temple at Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh, India. It is now dedicated to Parshvanatha, although it was probably built as an Adinatha shrine during the Chandela period. Despite the temple's Jain affiliation, its exterior walls feature Vaishnavaite themes.
As a common architecture trend, temples of Shiva (and Parvati) display stone images of a seated Nandi facing Shiva. Following the trend, this temple is located opposite to the Vishvanatha Temple, which is dedicate to Shiva. [1] This structure is one of the monument among Khajuraho Group of Monuments, a World Heritage Site in India.
Vishvanath Temple may refer to any of the following temples dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, who is also known as Viśvanātha: Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh; New Vishwanath Temple, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh; Visvanath Siva Temple, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India; Vishvanatha Temple, Khajuraho, Madhya ...
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This inscription, now affixed to the porch of the Vishvanatha temple at Khajuraho, states that "Nṛpati Jayavarmma-deva" had it re-written in clear letters, presumably because it had become illegible or had been damaged. The inscription contains conventional praise of the king, and states that Jayavarman had uprooted "mountain-like great ...