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Khajuraho, a small and relaxed town where one can easily observe village life, is known for its complex of about twenty medieval Hindu and Jain temmples, the most extensive in India. The Khajuraho temples were built during the Chandella dynasty over a span of a hundred years, from 950 to 1050. They strike a perfect balance between Indo-Aryan architecture and sculpture. Their exquisite carvings, among the greatest masterpieces of Indian art, despict deities as well as the everyday life of the common Indians a milenium ago. However, what they are most famous for the 10% of sculptures that depict vividly sexual activities. The Khajuraho Group of Monuments is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Holy man next to Shiva image. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Women offering morning puja in front temple spire. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Worshippers making offering with Lakshmana temple behind. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Women with pots used for religious offerings. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Basket with temple ritual offerings. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Women climbing up stairs on Matangesvara temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Worshipers and polished lingam inside Matangesvara temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Women going down stairs in front of Lakshmana temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Lakshmana temple seen from Matangesvara temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Columns and inner sanctum (garbhagriha) of Lakshmana temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Elephant and Mithuna figures, Lakshmana temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Lakshmana temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Detail of Sikhara with self-replicating volumes, Kadariya-Mahadev temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Apsaras and mithunas, Kadariya-Mahadeva temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Women walking at the base of the sikhara of Devi Jagadamba temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Sculptures and sikhara of Devi Jagadamba temple from below. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Front of Devi Jagadamba temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Carvings, Parsvanatha temple, Eastern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Statues in the corridor (pradakshina), Parsvanatha temple, Eastern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Ceiling decor of temple entrance, Parsvanatha, Eastern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Javari Temple and tree, Eastern Group, late afternoon. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Mandapa side, Javari Temple, late afternoon, Eastern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Temples at dusk, Western Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Illuminated temple at night, Western Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Woman joining hands in prayer gesture with dramatic lighting, Kandariya show. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Women walking in line carrying baskets on heads. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Villagers gathering wood. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Young villager. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Alley in village. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Women cooking outside in village. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Family in village alley. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Woman sorting grains. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Elderly woman with head scarf. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Folksdance performed on Kandariya art and culture show stage. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Folksdance, Kandariya show. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Woman joining hands in prayer gesture, Kandariya show. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Women dancing with jars on head, Kandariya show. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Woman performing at Kandariya art and culture show. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Man performing at Kandariya art and culture show. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Hindu women walking in street with pots. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Hindu women purchasing offerings before going to temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Holy man worshiping Shiva image. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Women throwing water at Shiva image. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Women worshipping image with temple spire behind. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Women worshipping image with of Vahara and Lakshmana temples behind. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Hindu worshippers making offerings with Lakshmana temple behind. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Worshippers making offering at Matangesvara temple with Lakshmana behind. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Morning Puja in front of Lakshmana temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Hindu women making offerings to image with Lakshmana temple behind. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Women offering to an image at Matangesvara temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Worshipers going down stairs in front of Lakshmana temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Woman with offering pot in front of Lakshmana temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Lakshmana temple, early morning. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Lakshmana temple seen from Matangesvara temple, with people looking. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Entrance side of Lakshmana temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Temple decor detail, Lakshmana temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Apsaras and Mithunas, Lakshmana temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Temple carving detail, Lakshmana temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Sculpture of royal court scene, Lakshmana temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Erotic sculpture of couple in embrace, Lakshmana temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Sculptures with shocking sexual activity, Lakshmana temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Inner sanctum (garbhagriha) of Lakshmana temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Columns and inner sanctum (garbhagriha) of Lakshmana temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Kadariya-Mahadeva temple seen from the side. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Kadariya-Mahadev temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Decorated columns and halls, Kadariya-Mahadev. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Sculptures on the outside of Kadariya-Mahadeva temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Sculpture detail, Kadariya-Mahadeva temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Sculptural details with apsaras, Kadariya-Mahadev temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Apsaras and mithuna, Kadariya-Mahadeva temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Carvings on the outside of Kadariya-Mahadeva temple including erotic figures. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Mandapa inside Kadariya-Mahadeva temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Mahadeva and Devi Jagadamba temples seen from Kadariya-Mahadev. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Devi Jagadamba temple seen through Mahadeva. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Devi Jagadamba temple seen from the front. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Back of Devi Jagadamba temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Devi Jagadamba temple with women walking. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Visvanatha temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Sikhara of Visvanatha temple. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Temple profile, Western Group, sunset. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Temple silhouette, Western Group, sunset. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Temple at dusk, Western Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Temples of the Western Group at night. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Parsvanatha and Adinath Jain temples, Eastern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Parsvanatha, the largest of the Jain temple, Eastern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Temple detail, Parsvanatha temple, Eastern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Sculptures, Parsvanatha temple, Eastern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Scultpural details, Parsvanatha temple, Eastern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Sculpture of woman removing thorn from foot, Parsvanatha temple, Eastern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Entrance porch (ardhamandapa), Parsvanatha temple, Eastern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Main hall (mahamandapa), and inner sanctum, Parsvanatha, Eastern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Inscription detail, Parsvanatha temple, Eastern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Jain temple interior, Parsvanatha temple, Eastern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Columns and inner sanctum with black image of Parsvanatha, Parsvanatha temple, Eastern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Temple carving detail, Adinath, Eastern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Stone carver. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Duladeo Temple, Southern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Decorated columns, Duladeo Temple, Southern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Carved columns, Duladeo Temple, Southern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Javari Temple in rural setting with pond and caw, Eastern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Tree and Javari Temple, Eastern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Javari Temple, Eastern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Bands of sculptures and sikhara, Javari Temple, Eastern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Bands of carved sculptures below spire (sikhara), Javari Temple, Eastern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Inner sanctum with flowers and Vishnu image, Javari Temple, Eastern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Vamana temple, Eastern Group, late afternoon. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color) Vamana temple, Eastern Group. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India ( color)
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