Bundelkhand
Bundelkhand is a geographical and cultural region divided between the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. See:…- Type: region
- Description: geographic region of central India
- Also known as: “Jejakabhukti” and “Mekala”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kandariya Mahadeva Temple and Lakshman Temple.
Kandariya Mahadeva Temple
Hindu temple
Photo: Ms Sarah Welch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Kandariya Mahadeva Temple, meaning "the Great God of the Cave", is the largest and most ornate Hindu temple in the medieval temple group found at Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh, India.
Lakshman Temple
Hindu temple
Photo: Chetansoni, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Lakshmana Temple is a 10th-century Hindu temple built by Yashovarman during the Chandela dynasty located in Khajuraho, India. It is dedicated to Vaikuntha Vishnu - an aspect of Vishnu.
Chitragupta Temple
Hindu temple
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Chitragupta temple is an 11th century temple of Surya in the Khajuraho town of Madhya Pradesh, India. Architecturally, it is very similar to the nearby Jagadambi temple. The temple is a part of the Khajuraho Group of Monuments, a World Heritage Site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khajuraho.
Khajuraho
Photo: Asitjain, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Khajuraho is a small town in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh and is famous for groups of Hindu and Jain temples. These temples are a UNESCO World Heritage Site for their beautiful and erotic rock carvings.
Bundelkhand
- Location: Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
24.8544° or 24° 51′ 16″ northLongitude
79.9214° or 79° 55′ 17″ eastOpen location code
7JPXVW3C+QHWikidata ID
Q851955
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Bundelkhand” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Bundelkhand”
- Bengali: “বুন্দেলখণ্ড”
- Catalan: “Bundelkhand”
- Catalan: “Bundēlkhand”
- Chinese: “本德尔肯德”
- Chinese: “本德爾肯德”
- Dutch: “Bundelkhand”
- French: “Bundelkhand”
- French: “Bundelkund”
- German: “Bundelkhand”
- Gujarati: “બુંદેલખંડ”
- Hebrew: “בונדלה”
- Hindi: “बुंदेलखंड”
- Hindi: “बुंदेलखण्ड”
- Hindi: “बुन्देलखंड”
- Hindi: “बुन्देलखण्ड”
- Hindi: “बुन्देलखन्ड”
- Hungarian: “Bundelkhand”
- Indonesian: “Bundelkhand”
- Italian: “Bundelkhand”
- Japanese: “ブンデールカンド”
- Kannada: “ಬುಂದೇಲ್ ಖಂಡ್”
- Komering: “Bundelkhand”
- Maithili: “बुन्देलखण्ड”
- Marathi: “बुंदेलखंड”
- Nepali: “बुन्देलखण्ड”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bundelkhand”
- Norwegian: “Bundelkhand”
- Panjabi: “ਬੁੰਦੇਲਖੰਡ”
- Russian: “Бандельканд”
- Russian: “Бунделкханд”
- Swedish: “Bundelkhand”
- Tamil: “புந்தேல்கண்ட்”
- Thai: “พุนเทลขัณฑ์”
- Ukrainian: “Бунделкханд”
- Urdu: “بندیل کھنڈ”
- Uzbek: “Bundelkhand”
- Venetian: “Bundelkhand”
- Western Panjabi: “بندیل کھنڈ”
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