Khajuraho Western Group
Kandariya Mahadeva, and the ones on the postcards.
- Where
- Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 24.8515, 79.9260
Get the Khajuraho Western Group stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Khajuraho Western Group. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Madhya Pradesh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Khajuraho Western Group
Lakshmana Temple 0.4 km
The oldest of the Khajuraho western group, finished in 954, with its four corner shrines intact.
Kandariya Mahadeva Temple 0.7 km
The largest and most ornate of the Khajuraho temples, eight hundred and seventy figures on one building.
Khajuraho Eastern Group 0.9 km
The Jain temples of the site, quieter than the western group and carved with the same hand.
Ghantai Temple 0.9 km
A Jain temple at Khajuraho reduced to its pillars, carved with bells on chains.
Duladeo Temple 1.5 km
The last of the Khajuraho temples, twelfth century, and the ornament already going stiff.
Khajuraho 2.3 km
Temples carved with everything human life contains, by sculptors unafraid of any of it.
Chaturbhuj Temple, Khajuraho 3.0 km
The southern group's temple with a nine foot Vishnu inside and no erotic carving outside.
Raneh Falls 12 km
A canyon of pink and grey granite cut by the Ken, five kilometres long, near Khajuraho.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Madhya Pradesh
Questions
Where is Khajuraho Western Group?
Khajuraho Western Group is in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Lakshmana Temple (0.4 km), Kandariya Mahadeva Temple (0.7 km), Khajuraho Eastern Group (0.9 km).
How do I get the Khajuraho Western Group stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Khajuraho Western Group and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Madhya Pradesh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Khajuraho Western Group before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Madhya Pradesh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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