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Khajuraho (pronunciation ⓘ) is a city, near Chhatarpur in Chhatarpur district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. One of the most popular tourist destinations in India , Khajuraho has the country's largest group of medieval Hindu and Jain temples , famous for their erotic sculptures .
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 .
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs, which are written differently but pronounced the same).
Temples layout map of Khajuraho Group of Monuments: Kandariya Mahadeva Temple is in the western group. Kandariya Mahadeva Temple is located in the Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh in Central India. [2] It is in the Khajuraho village, and the temple complex is spread over an area of 6 square kilometres (2.3 sq mi). [1]
A number of Jain temples from that period have survived in this part of Khajuraho in various states of preservation. Many Jain inscriptions from the Chandela period can be seen at Khajuraho. [ 2 ] All the Jain temples are now enclosed within a modern compound wall constructed in the 19th century, with the exception of the Ghantai temple, when ...
Chaturbhuj Temple (Devanagari: चतुर्भुज मंदिर) is a temple dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu in Khajuraho, India in the village of Jatakari. [1] It is also known as Jatakari Temple (Devanagari: जटकारी). The name Chaturbhuja (lit. "One who has four arms") is an epithet of Vishnu.
The Chitragupta temple is an 11th century temple of Surya (sun god) in the Khajuraho town of Madhya Pradesh, India. Architecturally, it is very similar to the nearby Jagadambi temple . The temple is a part of the Khajuraho Group of Monuments , a World Heritage Site .
Khajuraho is a Lok Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh state in central India. Presently it covers the entire Panna district and parts of Chhatarpur and Katni districts. Vidhan Sabha segments