Varaha Temple
A Khajuraho shrine holding a colossal monolithic image of Varaha, the boar avatar of Vishnu.
The Lakshmi Temple is a small temple in Khajuraho, in the Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh, and part of the Khajuraho Group of Monuments, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It stands in the Western Group of temples, facing the eastern entrance of the Lakshmana Temple and to the north of the Varaha Temple. It was built in the mid-10th century, between about 930 and 950 CE, in the reign of the Chandela dynasty.
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Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh
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A Khajuraho shrine holding a colossal monolithic image of Varaha, the boar avatar of Vishnu.
A 10th-century temple of Vaikuntha Vishnu in the Western Group at Khajuraho, built by the Chandela king Yashovarman.
An early 10th-century Shiva temple at Khajuraho, the only Chandela-era temple there still in active worship.
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