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Kandariya Mahadeva Temple is located in the Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh in Central India. [2] It is in the Khajuraho village, and the temple complex is spread over an area of 6 square kilometres (2.3 sq mi). [1] It is in the western part of the village to the west of the Vishnu temple. [3] [4] The temple complex, in the Khajuraho ...
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. [4] The temple complex was forgotten and overgrown by the jungle until 1838 when Captain T.S. Burt, a British engineer, visited the complex and reported his findings in ...
The Vishvanatha temple is characteristic of the Central Indian architectural style that begins with Lakshmana Temple (c. 930–950 CE) and culminates with the Kandariya Mahadeva Temple (c. 1030 CE). [13] These three temples represent the most fully developed style at Khajuraho. [14] Comparison with related temples
Example with the plan of the Kandariya Mahadeva Temple in Khajuraho with the subsidiary sanctuaries : see numbers 9 Layout in Hindu temple architecture Hindu temples are built in the panchayatana ( Sanskrit : पञ्चायतन , romanized : pañcāyatana ) layout: the main shrine is surrounded by four subsidiary shrines.
Kandariya Mahadeva Temple, Khajuraho, with 84 urushringa around the shikhara Detail of the same temple. Urushringa (Sanskrit: uruśṛn̍ga उरुशृङ्ग, lit. having high peak) is a subsidiary tower springing from the sides of the main shikhara tower in the Hindu temple architecture of northern India.
Architecture of a Hindu temple (Nagara style). These core elements are evidenced in the oldest surviving 5th–6th century CE temples. Hindu temple architecture as the main form of Hindu architecture has many different styles, though the basic nature of the Hindu temple remains the same, with the essential feature an inner sanctum, the garbha griha or womb-chamber, where the primary Murti or ...
Ardhamandapa of the Khajuraho Kandariya Mahadeva Temple Plan of Kandariya Mahadeva temple. In Hindu temple architecture, Ardhamandapa (lit. half-open hall), also spelled artha mandapam or ardh mandapam, is an important element of the entrance group. It is an entrance porch forming a transitional area between the outside and a mandapa of the ...
The Lakshmana Temple (c. 930–950 CE), the Vishvanatha Temple (c. 999–1002 CE) and the Kandariya Mahadeva Temple (c. 1030 CE) were constructed during the reigns of Yashovarman, Dhanga and Vidyadhara respectively. These Nagara-style temples are representative of the most fully developed style at Khajuraho. [34] Nagara-style temples of Khajuraho