Artistic Khajuraho Temple in State of Madhya Pradesh in India
Harishrai Mehta
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The foreigners visiting India love to visit the ancient and historical places of tourist's interest in India. One such famous and popular visiting place in India is Khajuraho, situated in the State of 
Madhya Pradesh. These famous temples of Khajuraho were built by Chandel Rajputs in the year 925 as they were highly impressed with the natural beauty of this area. I had an opportunity recently to visit these famous temples during my recent visit to India. I would briefly narrate my experience of visiting it in this article.
You can reach Khajuraho by bus or hired car from Jhansi, which is around 50 miles away from Khajuraho. Alternatively, you can travel by train and get down at Hardyalpur station of Central railway. Khajuraho is around 60 miles away from this station. There are regular daily flights for Khajuraho from Delhi. We reached there by hired car from Jhansi, which is the best option. There were two golden trees of dates placed here at the entrance of the city by the Rajput kings. Hence, the name was given as Khajuraho to this city of temples. There were 85 temples built originally. Around 23 temples are only left now. The most beautiful sculptures of stone showing the eighty four various positions of performing sex as described by Maharshi Vatsayanan in Kokshastra are the highlights of these temples. Many visitors take the detailed photographs and the video film of these sculptures during their visit here. Khajuraho is situated at the height of 1500 feet from the mean sea level. There are mainly three sections of the temples here. The West side of temples cover Laxman temple, Lord Shiva temple, Chitragupta temple, Parvati temple, Nandi temple, and Mataji temple. The South side of the temple covers Kaladevi and Chaturbhuj temple. The third and last section of East side covers Parshvanath temple, Shantinath temple, Adinath temple, and Lord Brahma temple.
You can reach Khajuraho by bus or hired car from Jhansi, which is around 50 miles away from Khajuraho. Alternatively, you can travel by train and get down at Hardyalpur station of Central railway. Khajuraho is around 60 miles away from this station. There are regular daily flights for Khajuraho from Delhi. We reached there by hired car from Jhansi, which is the best option. There were two golden trees of dates placed here at the entrance of the city by the Rajput kings. Hence, the name was given as Khajuraho to this city of temples. There were 85 temples built originally. Around 23 temples are only left now. The most beautiful sculptures of stone showing the eighty four various positions of performing sex as described by Maharshi Vatsayanan in Kokshastra are the highlights of these temples. Many visitors take the detailed photographs and the video film of these sculptures during their visit here. Khajuraho is situated at the height of 1500 feet from the mean sea level. There are mainly three sections of the temples here. The West side of temples cover Laxman temple, Lord Shiva temple, Chitragupta temple, Parvati temple, Nandi temple, and Mataji temple. The South side of the temple covers Kaladevi and Chaturbhuj temple. The third and last section of East side covers Parshvanath temple, Shantinath temple, Adinath temple, and Lord Brahma temple.
