Khajuraho, the name signifies the place where a lot of Khajur trees could be found. The place is a small town located in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh in India famed for a complex of exquisite Hindu and Jain temples. Built during the reigns of the mighty Chnadela rulers in the 9th and 10th century, carvings on these temples are highly erotic and sensual depicting in graceful forms intimate scenes of the whole range of human emotions and relationshipsThe temples at Khajuraho are beautiful pieces of art. The artist's creative instincts have been beautifully captured in various facets and moods of life in stone.
The temples at Khajuraho are divided into three broad groups:
The Western Group of temples
The Western Group of temples is the largest, precise and centrally located group in Khajuraho, it 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 nearby from this complex.
The Eastern Group of temples
The Eastern Group comprises of five separated sub-groups in and around the present village of Khajuraho. The eastern group of monuments are situated in nearby to the Khajuraho village and includes three Brahmanical temples known as Brahma, Vamana and Javari and three Jain temples, the Ghantai, Adinath and Parsvanath.
The Southern Group of temples
The Southern Group is the located at a distance and comprises of two main monuments near and across the Khudarnala. The southern group of monuments comprises the Duladeo and the Chaturbhuja temples. The Duladeo is situated about a kilometer south of the Khajuraho village and half a mile southwest of the Jain group of temples.
