Join my journey offers informations on temples and spiritual places of India. India has rich cultural and historical heritage well preserved in its temple architecture and pilgrim sites. From the majestic Himalayan ranges in the North, to Kanyakumari in the South, India is arrayed with thousand of shrines, temples, pilgrimage and worship places dating back to hundreds of years..
Khajuraho temple built in 1100 A.D. it is one of the well known architectural
temples of Khajuraho, located about 3km from the village, near
the Eastern Group of temples i.e. Lakshmana, Kandhariya Mahadeva.
This temple faces the West, standing on a platform, which is
approached by a flight of ten steps. The floor of the platform
is paved with white sandstone. The architectural and sculptural
traditions of this temple are quite similar to the Javari temple.
The temple on plan consists of a shikhara, a square sanctum,
an antarala, the mahamandapa and an ardhmandapa which are interconnected
and located on the same axis.
The highlight of this temple is a massive 9ft high, intricately
carved image of Lord Vishnu, in Chaturbhuja (four-armed) form.
Here he gesticulates possibly varada (boon-giving) with his
now broken lower right hand, and abhaya with his upper right
hand, holds a manuscript along with a lotus stalk in his upper
left hand, and possibly a water pot or conch shell in his lower
left hand.