Last
weekend, Tania, myself and a group of friends flew down to Khajuraho, to see
what the world knows as the Karma Sutra Temples. It was a tour organised by
Navina Jafa.
We
ended on the most circuitous route getting down there: Delhi – Varanassi – Agra
– Khajuraho. We were late leaving New Delhi which means we got down to Khajuraho
quite late.
We
didn’t get a chance to see the Western Temples until early on Sunday which
means we didn’t get to see the temples of Orchha – next time.
Khajuraho
is located in the state of Madhya Pradesh. The temples are a collection of Hindu
and Jain and were built between 950AD and 1050AD.
There
used to be about 85 temples but by the time they were re-discovered again the
1800s, there were only 22.
The
sexual depictions the temples are famous for actually only make up about 10% of
the total figures – the rest depicts the everyday life of Indians at the time
the temples were built.
I
hope you enjoy the photos.
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| Navina dancing at one of the temples |
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