Khajuraho group of monuments - Unique and mysterious facts of Khajurdaho Temple - art, Sculptures.
Khajuraho Temple Group - The Khajuraho Group of Monuments are a group of Hindu and Jain temples in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, India, about 175 kilometres southeast of Jhansi. ||They are a UNESCO World Heritage Site|| The temples are famous for their Nagara-style architectural symbolism and their erotic sculptures. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Get more such wonderful post, visit our site - https://postofhimalayan.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Most Khajuraho temples were built between 885 AD and 1050 AD by the Chandela dynasty(In ancient and medieval literature, their kingdom has been referred to as Jijhoti, Jejahoti, Chih-chi-to and Jejakabhukti). Historical records note that the Khajuraho temple site had 85 temples by the 12th century, spread over 20 square kilometers. Of these, only about 25 temples have survived, spread over six square kilometers. The Khajuraho group of temples were built together but were dedicated to two religions, Hinduism and Jainism, suggesting a tradition of acceptance and respect for diverse religious views among Hindus and Jains in the region. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Most temples were built during the reigns of the Hindu kings Yashovarman and Dhanga. Yashovarman's legacy is best exhibited by the Lakshmana Temple. Vishvanatha temple best highlights King Dhanga's reign. The largest and currently most famous surviving temple is Kandariya Mahadeva built in the reign of King Vidyadhara. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The first documented mention of Khajuraho was made in 641 by Xuanzang, a Chinese pilgrim who described a dozen Hindu temples with a thousand worshipping brahmins. In 1022 CE, Khajuraho was mentioned by Abu Rihan-al-Biruni, the Persian historian who accompanied Mahmud of Ghazni in his raid of Kalinjar; he mentions Khajuraho as the capital of Jajahuti. The raid was unsuccessful, and a peace accord was reached when the Hindu king agreed to pay a ransom to Mahmud of Ghazni to end the attack and leave. Khajuraho temples were in active use through the end of the 12th century. This changed in the 13th century; after the army of Delhi Sultanate, under the command of the Muslim Sultan Qutb-ud-din Aibak, attacked and seized the Chandela kingdom. About a century later, Ibn Battuta, the Moroccan traveller in his memoirs about his stay in India from 1335 to 1342 AD, mentioned visiting Khajuraho temples, calling them "Kajarra". In this period, some temples were desecrated, followed by a long period when they were left in neglect.In 1495 AD, for example, Sikandar Lodi's campaign of temple destruction included Khajuraho.The remoteness and isolation of Khajuraho protected the Hindu and Jain temples from continued destruction by Muslims. Over the centuries, vegetation and forests overgrew the temples. --------------------------------------------------------------------- In the 1830s, local Hindus guided a British surveyor, T.S. Burt, to the temples and they were thus rediscovered by the global audience. Alexander Cunningham later reported, few years after the rediscovery, that the temples were secretly in use by yogis and thousands of Hindus would arrive for pilgrimage during Shivaratri celebrated annually in February or March based on a lunar calendar. In 1852, F.C. Maisey prepared earliest drawings. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The temples are grouped into three geographical divisions: western, eastern and southern. Kandariya Mahadeva Temple, Laxmana Temple, Chaturbhuj Temple, Viswanath Temple, Vamana Temple Adinath Temple, Parashnath Temple, 64 Yogini Temple are some world famous Temple's. Roger Hopkins and Mark Lehner conducted experiments to quarry limestone which took 12 quarrymen 22 days to quarry about 400 tons of stone.They concluded that these temples would have required hundreds of highly trained sculptors. --------------------------------------------------------------------- #Khajuraho Temple #Kandariya Mahadeva #LaxmanTemple #KhajurahoArt #KhajurahoScriptures #UniqueTemple #AncientTemple #AncientIndianTemple #IncredibleIndia #MysteriousIndianTemple --------------------------------------------------------------------- Music Credit - Main Theme (Overture) | The Grand Score by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Khajuraho Temple Group - The Khajuraho Group of Monuments are a group of Hindu and Jain temples in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, India, about 175 kilometres southeast of Jhansi. ||They are a UNESCO World Heritage Site|| The temples are famous for their Nagara-style architectural symbolism and their erotic sculptures. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Get more such wonderful post, visit our site - https://postofhimalayan.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Most Khajuraho temples were built between 885 AD and 1050 AD by the Chandela dynasty(In ancient and medieval literature, their kingdom has been referred to as Jijhoti, Jejahoti, Chih-chi-to and Jejakabhukti). Historical records note that the Khajuraho temple site had 85 temples by the 12th century, spread over 20 square kilometers. Of these, only about 25 temples have survived, spread over six square kilometers. The Khajuraho group of temples were built together but were dedicated to two religions, Hinduism and Jainism, suggesting a tradition of acceptance and respect for diverse religious views among Hindus and Jains in the region. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Most temples were built during the reigns of the Hindu kings Yashovarman and Dhanga. Yashovarman's legacy is best exhibited by the Lakshmana Temple. Vishvanatha temple best highlights King Dhanga's reign. The largest and currently most famous surviving temple is Kandariya Mahadeva built in the reign of King Vidyadhara. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The first documented mention of Khajuraho was made in 641 by Xuanzang, a Chinese pilgrim who described a dozen Hindu temples with a thousand worshipping brahmins. In 1022 CE, Khajuraho was mentioned by Abu Rihan-al-Biruni, the Persian historian who accompanied Mahmud of Ghazni in his raid of Kalinjar; he mentions Khajuraho as the capital of Jajahuti. The raid was unsuccessful, and a peace accord was reached when the Hindu king agreed to pay a ransom to Mahmud of Ghazni to end the attack and leave. Khajuraho temples were in active use through the end of the 12th century. This changed in the 13th century; after the army of Delhi Sultanate, under the command of the Muslim Sultan Qutb-ud-din Aibak, attacked and seized the Chandela kingdom. About a century later, Ibn Battuta, the Moroccan traveller in his memoirs about his stay in India from 1335 to 1342 AD, mentioned visiting Khajuraho temples, calling them "Kajarra". In this period, some temples were desecrated, followed by a long period when they were left in neglect.In 1495 AD, for example, Sikandar Lodi's campaign of temple destruction included Khajuraho.The remoteness and isolation of Khajuraho protected the Hindu and Jain temples from continued destruction by Muslims. Over the centuries, vegetation and forests overgrew the temples. --------------------------------------------------------------------- In the 1830s, local Hindus guided a British surveyor, T.S. Burt, to the temples and they were thus rediscovered by the global audience. Alexander Cunningham later reported, few years after the rediscovery, that the temples were secretly in use by yogis and thousands of Hindus would arrive for pilgrimage during Shivaratri celebrated annually in February or March based on a lunar calendar. In 1852, F.C. Maisey prepared earliest drawings. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The temples are grouped into three geographical divisions: western, eastern and southern. Kandariya Mahadeva Temple, Laxmana Temple, Chaturbhuj Temple, Viswanath Temple, Vamana Temple Adinath Temple, Parashnath Temple, 64 Yogini Temple are some world famous Temple's. Roger Hopkins and Mark Lehner conducted experiments to quarry limestone which took 12 quarrymen 22 days to quarry about 400 tons of stone.They concluded that these temples would have required hundreds of highly trained sculptors. --------------------------------------------------------------------- #Khajuraho Temple #Kandariya Mahadeva #LaxmanTemple #KhajurahoArt #KhajurahoScriptures #UniqueTemple #AncientTemple #AncientIndianTemple #IncredibleIndia #MysteriousIndianTemple --------------------------------------------------------------------- Music Credit - Main Theme (Overture) | The Grand Score by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/