Khajuraho

Khajuraho, a small town in the Bundelkhand region of , is famous for groups of Hindu and Jain temples. These temples are a UNESCO World Heritage Site for their beautiful and erotic rock carvings.
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  • Type: Village with 25,700 residents
  • Description: city
  • Also known as: “Khajrāho”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kandariya Mahadeva Temple and Lakshman Temple.

Hindu temple
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The , meaning "the Great God of the ", is the largest and most ornate in the medieval temple group found at Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh, India.

Hindu temple
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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.

Hindu temple
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The is an 11th century temple of Surya in the Khajuraho town of , . Architecturally, it is very similar to the nearby . The temple is a part of the Khajuraho Group of Monuments, a World Heritage Site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bundelkhand.

is a geographical and cultural region of , divided between the states of and . See: is sometimes considered part of as well.

Khajuraho

Latitude
24.8515° or 24° 51′ 5″ north
Longitude
79.926° or 79° 55′ 34″ east
Population
25,700
Elevation
218 metres (715 feet)
IATA airport code
HJR
United Nations Location Code
IN HJR
Open location code
7JPXVW2G+J9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 568438817
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
1267154
Wiki­data ID
Q178948
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Khajuraho” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خاجوراهو”
  • Armenian: “Կհաջուրահո”
  • Assamese: “খাজুৰাহো”
  • Asturian: “Khajuraho”
  • Azerbaijani: “Khacuraho”
  • Bashkir: “Кхаджурахо”
  • Basque: “Khajuraho”
  • Belarusian: “Кгаджурага”
  • Belarusian: “Кхаджураха”
  • Bengali: “খাজুরাহ”
  • Bengali: “খাজুরাহো”
  • Bengali: “খাজুরাহোর মন্দিরসমূহ”
  • Bengali: “খাজুরাহোর স্মারকসমূহ”
  • Bhojpuri: “खजुराहो”
  • Bishnupriya: “খাজুরাহ”
  • Bulgarian: “Кхаджурахо”
  • Catalan: “Kajuraho”
  • Catalan: “Kajurao”
  • Catalan: “Khajuraho”
  • Catalan: “Khajurao”
  • Cebuano: “Khajurāho”
  • Chinese: “Khajuraho”
  • Chinese: “克久拉霍”
  • Chinese: “克久拉霍古跡群”
  • Chinese: “克久拉霍古蹟群”
  • Chinese: “卡久拉霍”
  • Chinese: “卡傑拉霍”
  • Chinese: “卡傑拉霍建築群”
  • Chinese: “卡杰拉霍建筑群”
  • Croatian: “Khajuraho”
  • Czech: “Khadžuráho”
  • Dutch: “Khajuraho”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “خاجوراهو”
  • Esperanto: “Khaĝuraho”
  • Finnish: “Khajuraho”
  • French: “Ensemble monumental de Khajuraho”
  • French: “Khajuraho”
  • French: “Khajurâho”
  • Georgian: “ქაჯურაჰო”
  • German: “Khajuraho”
  • Greek: “Κατζουράχο”
  • Greek: “Κχατζουράχο”
  • Gujarati: “ખજુરાહો”
  • Hebrew: “קהאג’וראהו”
  • Hebrew: “קהג’וראהו”
  • Hindi: “खजुराहा”
  • Hindi: “खजुराहो”
  • Hungarian: “Khadzsuráhó”
  • Indonesian: “Khajuraho”
  • Italian: “Khajuraho”
  • Japanese: “カジュラーホ”
  • Japanese: “カジュラーホー”
  • Japanese: “カジュラーホー寺院群”
  • Japanese: “カジュラーホの建造物群”
  • Japanese: “カジュラホ”
  • Javanese: “Khajuraho”
  • Kannada: “ಖಜುರಾಹೊ”
  • Kannada: “ಖಜುರಾಹೋ”
  • Kannada: “ಖಜುರಾಹೋದ ದೇವಾಲಯ ಸಮೂಹ”
  • Kashmiri: “کھجوراہو”
  • Korean: “카주라호”
  • Ladin: “Khajuraho”
  • Lithuanian: “Kadžurahas”
  • Lithuanian: “Khadžurahas”
  • Maithili: “खजुराहो”
  • Malay: “Khajuraho”
  • Malayalam: “Khajuraho”
  • Malayalam: “ഖജുരാഹോ”
  • Malayalam: “ഖജൂരാഹോ ക്ഷേത്രങ്ങൾ”
  • Marathi: “खजुराहो”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Khajuraho”
  • Mingrelian: “ქაჯურაჰო”
  • Nepali: “खजुराहो”
  • Newari: “खजुराहो”
  • Newari: “खजुराहो90”
  • Oriya: “ଖଜୁରାହୋ”
  • Panjabi: “ਖਜੁਰਾਹੋ”
  • Persian: “خاجوراهو”
  • Persian: “مجموعه تاریخی خاجوراهو”
  • Polish: “Khadźuraho”
  • Polish: “Khadżuraho”
  • Polish: “Khajuraho”
  • Portuguese: “Conjunto de Templos de Khajuraho”
  • Portuguese: “Khajuraho”
  • Russian: “Кхаджурахо”
  • Russian: “Хаджурахо”
  • Sanskrit: “अजन्तागुहाः”
  • Sanskrit: “खजुराहो”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱷᱟᱨᱩᱨᱟᱦᱚ”
  • Scots: “Khajuraho”
  • Serbian: “Khajuraho”
  • Serbian: “Кхајурахо”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Khajuraho”
  • Slovak: “Khadžuráho”
  • Slovenian: “Kadžuraho”
  • Spanish: “Khajuraho”
  • Spanish: “Khajurahō”
  • Spanish: “Khajurāho”
  • Spanish: “Khajurāhō”
  • Swedish: “Khajuraho”
  • Swedish: “Monumenten i Khajuraho”
  • Tamil: “கஜுராஹோ”
  • Tatar: “Кһаҗураһо”
  • Telugu: “ఖజురహో వద్ద నిర్మాణ సమూహాలు”
  • Telugu: “ఖజురహో”
  • Telugu: “ఖజురాహో”
  • Thai: “ขชุราโห”
  • Ukrainian: “Кхаджураго”
  • Ukrainian: “Кхаджурахо”
  • Urdu: “کھجوراہو”
  • Vietnamese: “Khajuraho”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Grupo hin mga Monumento ha Khajuraho”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Khajuraho Group of Monuments”
  • Western Panjabi: “کھجوراہو”
  • Wu Chinese: “克久拉霍”
  • Yue Chinese: “克久拉霍”
  • “खजुराहो”

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