Khajuraho

KHAJURAHO -(A HISTORICAL PLACE) T he temples are superb examples of north Indian architecture, but it’s their liberally embellished carvings that have made Khajuraho famous. Around the outsides of the temples are bands of exceedingly artistic stonework showing a storyboard of life a millennium ago – gods, goddesses, warriors, musicians, dancers and real and mythological animals. The temples at khaujaraho were build during the chandelle dynasty,which reached its apogee between 950 and 1050,only about twenty temples remain;they fall into three distinct groups and belong to two different religions-buddism and jainisnm.they strike a perfect balace between architecture and sculpture. The Temple of kandariya is decorated with a groups of sculptures that are among the greatest masterpieces of Indian art. The Sensuous, posturing  surasundaris  and  apsaras (heavenly nymphs) and  nayikas  (heroines) have bee...