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... or donning their ankle bells, loving couples, and a man being pulled by two
women in opposite directions. I saw, however, no blatant erotic sculptures here.
The sculptures in Parsavantha had the same finish and grace of the Hindu
Temples I had seen. There were sura-sundaris applying eye wash.
The inscription on the doorway to its large hall indicates that it was
built about 950 to 970 under the Chandelas. Like Khajuraho’s other mediaeval
temples it is of fine sandstone.
It also follows the same architectural and sculptural schemes. Parsavantha
is most similar to the Lakshmana Temple, only more advanced in a few details
from that earlier temple. Among its different features, I noticed the
perforated windows and a projection on its side.
hey are part of what is called the Eastern group of Khajuraho temples. The
old one is the Parsavantha Temple. It is the largest and best preserved of
Jain temples in Khajuraho.
Two Jain temples are located in a small park. They are part of
what is called the Eastern group of Khajuraho temples.
Unlike the older temples it is not made from sandstone. It is located next
to the Hindu Vishvanath Temple which was built in 1002.
In this park of medieval Hindu temples incongruously stands the Parteshwar
Temple, dedicated to interfaith co-existence, built only a century ago by the
Maharaja of Chhatarpur, from a dynasty that has ruled Khajuraho since 1785.
Sharing a lofty platform with Kandariya Mahadeva is the Jagadamba Temple,
built in 1002-1017, and dedicated to Lord Vishnu. It too has some of the
most artistic sculptures of Khajuraho. On the day of my visit, between
those two temples the flowers of bougainvillaea bushes shone bright red.
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