Khajuraho Trip Overview
Explore the magnificent beautiful sculptured temples of Buddhist, Jain and Hindu temple shrines. Get a perfect tour to this UNESCO site with private story-tellers who will brief you with all the great facts and features of this heritage city and its temples. Know distinctively about the importance of Western and Eastern group of temples with your guide. Take a view of intrinsic carvings and craftsmanship on temple walls presenting attractions and great lovers.
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Khajuraho, India
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India
Explore the magnificent beautiful sculptured temples of Buddhist, Jain and Hindu temple shrines. Get a perfect tour to this UNESCO site with private story-tellers who will brief you with all the great facts and features of this heritage city and its temples. Know distinctively about the importance of Western and Eastern group of temples with your guide. Take a view of intrinsic carvings and craftsmanship on temple walls presenting attractions and great lovers.
Stop At: Khajuraho Temples, Khajuraho India
This exclusively designed customized tour will start with your driver picking you up from your hotel at 9:00 in the morning. Khajuraho was named by the presence of Khajur (palm dates) in the region excessively. On this tour, you will get a chance to visit the Kamasutra carved temples gradually with intense detailing. This collection of Hindu, Buddhist or Jain temples are famous for their attraction sculptures and carvings, inclined symbols and signs and nagara-style architecture. Its unique and marvelous architecture has placed it in the lists of UNESCO sites of World Heritage. Built-in early 10th -12th century these temples are marvellous pieces of architecture in current time.
The place with archaeological importance is a cluster of temples dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu, and Jain patriarchs. These sensational sculptures and architecture depict the massive passion, attraction music, dance, and other creative arts and their geniuses of Chandela dynasty. Situated in the state of Madhya Pradesh this group of temples numbered to 85, out of which only 20 has survived over this long period of time. Presently these are distinctively divided into two groups as Western and Eastern group of temples.
Khajuraho was an important place during the reign of the Chandela Dynasty but lost its significance very soon in the 14th century after the decline of the Chandela Dynasty. Due to its remoteness, the sites saved itself from most of the desecration and was rediscovered by the British Army Captain, T S Burt in 1838 amidst the jungles of Khajuraho. Temples are richly carved with sensual sculptures both internally and externally. Khajuraho is presently home to touring masses due to its heritage importance.
After the tour, the driver will drop you back at your hotel.
Duration: 8 hours
