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Title/Caption	Kandariya Mahadeva Temple
Site/Creative Center	Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh (India)
Date of Work	ca. 1025
Description of View	Total, view north-northeast. [General view]
Notes	The Kandariya Mahadeva Temple, located in the western temple complex and dedicated to Shiva, is generally attributed to the reign of the Chandella king Vidyadhara (r. ca. 1017-1029). This temple is both the largest in scale and the grandest in conception of the Khajuraho temples. The great multi-spired tower of the sekhari-type, the most conspicious feature of the north Indian (nagara) temple, is characterized by an ascending cluster of subsidiary spires reflecting the idea of the temple as mountain. The temple shares a high platform (jagati) with the smaller Devi Jagadambi temple, which is situated to its north, as well as a smaller shrine between them, known as the Mahadeva temple. Similar to the Lakshmana and Vishvanatha temples, this temple is arranged on an east-west axis, consisting of an entrance porch (mukha-mandapa) and two halls (mandapas) with balconies (bhadravalokana), a vestibule (antarala) and sanctum (garbhagriha). It is a sandhara temple-type in which an enclosed ambulatory passage with projecting balconies surrounds the sanctum. The temple is lavishly carved with statuary, including erotic couples that have been variously interpreted as depictions of Tantric cult practices or as illustrations of ancient texts on erotics, such as the Kama sutra.
Technique/Process	architecture, architectural sculpture
Materials/Medium	sandstone
Culture	Indian (South Asian)
Century	11th Century
Style of Work	Post-Gupta, Candella
Subject	Architecture, Indian (South Asian) Sculpture, Indian (South Asian) Architecture, 11th Century Religious buildings Temples
Publisher	Saskia Ltd. Cultural Documentation
Publisher.Location	Freeport, Maine (United States)
Credit Line	(C) Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Reference Number	Saskia Kia-0887
Collection Title	Architecture (Art and Art History Department images)
Collection Information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu:2000/ah_copyright.html

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