Khajuraho Temples Travel

If you are a history lover, we are sure to mesmerize you with our Khajuraho Temple Travel. Khajuraho is a tiny village nestled in the timbered plains of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The place is quite renowned for its amazingly beautiful temples. Tourists from all over the world travel to Khajuraho temples in order to study the mystical facts of Indian history.

Traditions say that these temples were by the Chandela rulers during 950-1050 A.D. a Khajuraho temple tour will take you too the fascinating temples that depict an amazing manifestation of overwhelming sensuality. The various erotic arts of the temples echo the approval of sex as a source of indulgence of mortal desires, as well as a step towards accomplishing ultimate emancipation or Moksha.

22 out of 85 temples built in Khajuraho are left to narrate splendors of birth of the rulers and architects of the then era. Another legend that you will hear on your Khajuraho Temple Travel is that these exquisitely carved temples were constructed as wedding chariots for the Gods on the eve of Lord Shiva’s wedding with Goddess Parvati. This living tradition is still visible as people here celebrate Shivratri annually with great pomp and fair.

A Travel to Khajuraho temples will surely leave you speechless. The temples are divided into two parts.

The Western Group:
It is the largest, compact and centrally located group in Khajuraho, includes some of the most prominent monuments, built by the Chandela rulers. 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:
It comprises of five detached sub-grsoups in and around the present village of Khajuraho. The eastern group of monuments, situated in close proximity to the Khajuraho village, includes three Brahmanical temples known as Brahma, Vamana and Javari and three Jain temples, the Ghantai, Adinath and Parsvanath.

The Southern Group:
It is the most distant one comprising of two main monuments near and across the Khudarnala. The southern group of monuments comprises the Duladeo and the Chaturbhuja temples. The Duladeo is about a kilometre south of the Khajuraho village and half a mile southwest of the Jain group of temples. The Chaturbhuja Temple is a mile further south and is close to the Khajuraho airport.