Mutilated murtis and broken temples of Khajuraho
Javari Mandir This is not a detailed or a large post - but a short photo essay on the later temples, and smaller and not much visited temples of Khajuraho. A photograph I saw this morning of Chaturbhuj Vishnu murti haunted me, to think of all those mutilated murtis and broken parts of such beautiful temples. These temples were built much after the grand Lakshmana and the Kandariya Mahadev Temples were built. What stands tall even today as the pinnacles of north Indian style of temples called as Nagara style, based on the shape and styling of the shikaras. These are photos taken on my phone, and I do not have a good exterior picture of the Duladev Temple. As I said this is a post is about the later temples Vamana, Javari, Chaturbhuj and Duladev. They are beautiful, different and in fact the last one in that long series of frentic temple construction is the only temple that does not have any erotic sculptures and houses a very unique Vishnu Murti in the Garbhagriha. Du...