Parvati Temple, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh

Parvati Temple, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh

Parvati Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Goddess Parvati located at Khajuraho town in Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh, India. This temple is considered as part of the western group at Khajuraho. This temple is part of UNESCO World Heritage Site along with other temples in Khajuraho Group of Monuments. This temple is situated immediately to the south west of the Visvanatha temple.

The Temple

This temple is considered as one of the subsidiary shrine of Vishvanatha temple. The temple consisted of  sanctum and entrance porch. The porch is completely lost and only the plinth of the sanctum has survived. The Sanctum is heavily restored. Though, the temple is called as Parvati temple, the deity inside the sanctum is river goddess Ganga. She is found standing on her vehicle crocodile. However, the sanctum door has an image of Vishnu in the middle of the lintel indicates the door might have belonged to Vishnu Shrine. The Sanctum door is highly ornate. The side and back walls do not have any sculptures.

Connectivity

The Temple is located at about 1.5 Kms from Khajuraho Bus Stand, 7 Kms from Khajuraho Airport, 7 Kms from Rajnagar, 9 Kms from Khajuraho Railway Station, 12 Kms from Bamitha, 41 Kms from Chhatarpur, 47 Kms from Panna and 379 Kms from Bhopal. Khajuraho is situated on Bamitha to Rajnagar route. Khajuraho railway station connects the town by a daily train to Delhi via Mahoba, Jhansi and Gwalior. It provides a daily train connecting to Agra, Jaipur, Bhopal and Udaipur. A local daily train also connects to Kanpur, whilst Varanasi is connected three times a week. Khajuraho Airport has flights to Delhi, Agra, Varanasi and Mumbai.

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