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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Khajuraho Group of Monuments' has mentioned 'Temple' in the following places:
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| [4][5] Historical records note that the Khajuraho temple site had 85 temples by the 12th century, spread over 20 square kilometers. | WIKI |
| [2] Of the surviving temples, the Kandariya Mahadeva Temple is decorated with a profusion of sculptures with intricate details, symbolism and expressiveness of ancient Indian art. | WIKI |
| Yashovarman's legacy is best exhibited by the Lakshmana Temple. | WIKI |
| Vishvanatha temple best highlights King Dhanga's reign. | WIKI |
| [13]:22 The largest and currently most famous surviving temple is Kandariya Mahadeva built in the reign of King Vidyadhara. | WIKI |
| [14] The temple inscriptions suggest many of the currently surviving temples were complete between 970 and 1030 AD, with further temples completed during the following decades. | WIKI |
| Ruins of some old temples (Ghantai temple above) are still visible. | WIKI |
| [9][12] In 1495 AD, for example, Sikandar Lodi's campaign of temple destruction included Khajuraho. | WIKI |
| The temple site is within Vindhya mountain range in central India. | WIKI |
| The temple complex reflects the ancient Hindu tradition of building temples where gods love to pray. | WIKI |
| [32] Local legends state that the temple complex had 64 water bodies, of which 56 have been physically identified by archeologists so far. | WIKI |
| [30] For some ruins, there is insufficient evidence to assign the temple to specific deities with confidence. | WIKI |
| An overall examination of site suggests that the Hindu symbolic mandala design principle of square and circles is present each temple plan and design. | WIKI |
| [30] The temple site highlights Shiva, the one who destroys and recycles life, thereby controlling the cosmic dance of time, evolution and dissolution. | WIKI |
| While they are famous for their erotic sculpture, sexual themes cover less than 10% of the temple sculpture. | WIKI |
| The Beejamandal temple is under excavation. | WIKI |
| It has been identified with the Vaidyanath temple mentioned in the Grahpati Kokalla inscription. | WIKI |
| Of all temples, the Matangeshvara temple remains an active site of worship. | WIKI |
| [34] It is another square grid temple, with a large 2.5 metres (8.2xc2xa0ft) high and 1.1 metres (3.6xc2xa0ft) diameter lingam, placed on a 7.6 metres (25xc2xa0ft) diameter platform. | WIKI |
| The most visited temple, Kandariya Mahadev, has an area of about 6,500 square feet and a shikhara (spire) that rises 116 feet. | WIKI |
| [41] Chausath yogini temple features 64 yogini, while Ghantai temple features bells sculptured on its pillars. | WIKI |
| The layout plan of Kandariya Mahadeva Temple. | WIKI |
| The design lays out a Hindu temple in a symmetrical, concentrically layered, self-repeating structure around the core of the temple called garbhagriya, where the abstract principle Purusha and the primary deity of the temple dwell. | WIKI |
| The shikhara, or spire, of the temple rises above the garbhagriya. | WIKI |
| Above the templexe2x80x99s brahma padas is a Shikhara (Vimana or Spire) that rises symmetrically above the central core, typically in a circles and turning-squares concentric layering design (right) that flows from one to the other as it rises towards the sky. | WIKI |
| Many of the inscriptions on the temple walls are poems with double meanings, something that the complex structure of Sanskrit allows in creative compositions. | WIKI |
| An illustration of Khajuraho temple Spires (Shikhara, Vimana) built using concentric circle and rotating-squares principle. | WIKI |
| Above the vastu-purusha-mandala of each temple is a superstructure with a dome called Shikhara (or Vimana, Spire). | WIKI |
| The temple Shikhara, in some literature, is linked to mount Kailash or Meru, the mythical abode of the gods. | WIKI |
| In each temple, the central space typically is surrounded by an ambulatory for the pilgrim to walk around and ritually circumambulate the Purusa and the main deity. | WIKI |
| [50] Each Khajuraho temple is distinctly carved yet also repeating the central common principles in almost all Hindu temples, one which Susan Lewandowski refers to as "an organism of repeating cells". | WIKI |
| The largest surviving Shiva temple is Khandarya Mahadeva, while the largest surviving Vaishnava group includes Chaturbhuja and Ramachandra. | WIKI |
| Kandariya Mahadeva Temple plan is 109xc2xa0ft in length by 60xc2xa0ft, and rises 116xc2xa0ft above ground and 88xc2xa0ft above its own floor. | WIKI |
| Temples, religious affiliations and consecration years Sequence Modern temple name Religion Deity Completed by(CE)[30][57] Image 1 Chausath Yogini Hinduism Devi, 64 Yoginis 885 2 Lalguan Mahadev Hinduism Shiva 900 3 Brahma Temple Hinduism Shiva 925 4 Lakshmana Hinduism Vaikuntha Vishnu 939 5 Varaha Hinduism Varaha 950 6 Parshvanatha Jainism Parshvanatha 954 7 Ghantai Jainism Adinatha 960 8 Mahishasuramardini Hinduism Parvati 995 9 Vishvanatha Hinduism Shiva 999 10 Matangeshwar Hinduism Shiva 1000 11 Vishnu-Garuda Hinduism Vishnu 1000 12 Beejamandal Temple ruins Hinduism Shiva 1000 13 Ganesha Hinduism Shiva 1000 14 Jagadambi Hinduism Devi Jagadambi 1023 15 Chitragupta Hinduism Shiva 1023 16 Adinath Temple Jainism Adinatha 1027 17 Shantinatha temple Jainism Shantinatha 1027 18 Kandariya Mahadeva (the largest temple) Hinduism Shiva 1029 19 Vamana Hinduism Vamana 1062 20 Javeri Hinduism Shiva 1090 21 Chaturbhuja Hinduism Vishnu 1110 22 Duladeo (Duladeva) Hinduism Shiva 1125 | WIKI |
| Over 90% of the artwork at the temple is about daily life and symbolic values in ancient Indian culture. | WIKI |
| The temples have several thousand statues and artworks, with Kandarya Mahadeva Temple alone decorated with over 870. | WIKI |
| There is also an audio guided tour developed by the Archaeological Survey of India which includes a narration of the temple history and architecture. | WIKI |
| The Khajuraho temple complex offers a son et lumixc3xa8re (sound and light) show every evening. | WIKI |
| It is held in the open lawns in the temple complex, and has received mixed reviews. | WIKI |
| The group of temples of Khajuraho testifies to the culmination of northern Indian temple art and architecture of the Chandella dynasty who ruled the region in the 10th and 11th centuries CE. | UNESCO |
| Distributed over an area of 6 square km in a picturesque landscape, the 23 temples (including one partly excavated structure) that form the western, eastern, and southern clusters of the Khajuraho Group of Monuments are rare surviving examples that display the originality and high quality of Nagara-style temple architecture. | UNESCO |
| The Khajuraho Group of Monuments demonstrates in layout and physical form, the pinnacle of temple architectural development in northern India. | UNESCO |
| Built in sandstone, each temple is elevated from its environs by a highly ornate terraced platform, or jagati, on which stands the body, or jangha, whose sanctum is topped by a tower, or shikhara, of a type unique to Nagara, where the verticality of the principal spire atop the sanctum is accentuated by a series of miniature spires flanking it, each symbolizing Mount Kailasa, the abode of the Gods. | UNESCO |
| Khajuraho Group of Monuments includes all the elements necessary to express its Outstanding Universal Value, including 23 temples that together demonstrate the originality and high quality attained in northern Indian Nagara-style temple architecture. | UNESCO |
| The forms, designs, and materials authentically illustrate the elements of the mature form of northern Indian temple architecture, including a combination of saptaratha plan topped by a form of shikhara unique to the Nagara style. | UNESCO |