Khajuraho Temples Heritage Tour: Full Day Exploration of Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu Shrines
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Khajuraho

Delve into the captivating grandeur of Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu temple sanctuaries. Enjoy an impeccable journey to this UNESCO heritage site, accompanied by private narrators who will acquaint you with the fascinating facts and aspects of this heritage-rich city and its spiritual structures.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Khajuraho Temples - This privately designed heritage trip will start with your driver picking you up from your hotel at 8:00 in the morning. This collection of Hindu, Buddhist or Jain temples are famous for their amazing 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.

These sensational sculptures and architecture depict the massive passion, amazing 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.

This cluster of temples is believed to connect with an interesting story of Chandela dynasty. It is said that the Moon God attracted and physically connected to a beautiful Brahmin girl, Hemvati in desire and passion. This resulted in the birth of Chandravarman, the founder of the Chandela Dynasty. Once Chandravarman had a dream of his mother requesting him to make a temple picturing the treasure of passion and amazing fantasy to the world. This led to the construction of temples with amazing sculptures in this little village surrounded by mountains of Chatarpur district. Every temple is different from another and two temples amongst them were built of sandstone.

  • Chausath Yogini Temple - Built-in the 900 AD, this temple is known to be as the oldest amongst the 20 survived temples. Dedicated to Goddess Kali, this is the only Granite formed temple here.
  • Kandariya Mahadev Temple - Dedicated to Lord Shiva, enshrined with the
What's Included
  • Sightseeing according to the planned itinerary
  • Guidance from a knowledgeable local guide fluent in English and specialized in history
  • Convenient hotel pickup and drop-off in a private vehicle
What's Not Included
  • • Gratuities (recommended)
  • • Monument entry fee
  • • Drinks and Meals
Location
Khajuraho Temples
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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David_k
Jan 28, 2024
Extraordinary: the opportunity to witness some of the most unique man made structures and art in the world. - A fascinating and educational tour of these amazing structures. Naturally they (Jain temples excluded) are associated with the Kama Sutra but there is so much more than that! The figures depict every day activities; culture and worship in extraordinary detail and in 3D. Our guide gave us wonderful and surprising insights into these memories of human history and beliefs. Extraordinary tributes to a highly sophisticated society that existed a 1000 years ago. The timing was flexible as was the tempo and itinerary which allowed us to get the most out of the day and accommodate other ad-hoc objectives without missing a beat on this tour. Very worth the effort and please take the tour with this guide.
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