Khajuraho, a UNESCO world heritage site, is a small town in Madhya Pradesh and approximately 620 km from Delhi. Khajuraho is a famous tourist and archaeological site known for its sculptured temples dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu, and Jain patriarchs. The following map details the road way from Satna to Khajuraho.
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| Satna - Khajuraho |
We started from Satna at 8.30 a.m. and reached Khajuraho at around 10 a.m. Our onward fight to Delhi was scheduled for 12.30 p.m. On reaching the outskirts of the city, the driver informed us that the temples were only 10 mins drive from the airport. As we had sufficient time at our disposal we decided to visit the temples.
Unlike other Indian tourist spots, the temple area is extremely clean and well maintained. A major reason for it is that the number of tourists is not very high. In fact, during our visit the foreigners had outnumbered the domestic tourists. A major reason for less number of domestic tourists is that the town is much different from any other temple city of India. It is not about religion and worshipping and deities. The temples of Khajuraho are instead famous for the sensual and erotic art etched on its walls in the form of sculptures.
During the Chandela dynasty, Khajuraho contained about 85 temples built by multiple rulers from about 950 to 1050. Of the 85 original temples, most constructed of hard river sandstone, about 20 are still reasonably well preserved. During my short stay, I visited almost all temples and captured them in my camera.
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| About Khajuraho |
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| Temple sight from entrance |
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| Are there any tourists ? |
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| Wild Boar. Incarnation of Lord Vishnu. |
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| Notice the carvings on the body |
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| Check out the temple roof |
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| Millions of idols |
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| Zoom on one of the idols |
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| Big Bull Nandi. Wall Street ? |
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| More Idols |
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| Even more. Amazing India. |
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| 1 of the 22 temples |
The above are some of the photographs I had taken. I hope by now some of you might have decided to visit Khajuraho. Trust me, if you stay in India and have some sense of maturity; its a place worth visiting at least once in your life time.
