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Chaturbhuj Temple, Khajuraho

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Chaturbhuj Temple, Khajuraho

Chaturbhuj Temple (Devanagari: चतुर्भुज मंदिर) is a temple dedicated to the Hindu god shiva in Khajuraho, India in the village of Jatakari. It is also known as Jatakari Temple (Devanagari: जटकारी). The name Chaturbhuja (lit. "One who has four arms") is an epithet of Vishnu. The temple was built by Y

asovarman of the Chandela Dynasty in c. 1100 CE. This is the only temple in Khajuraho which lacks erotic sculptures. As part of the Khajuraho Group of Monuments, the temple was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1986 because of its architecture and testimony to the Chandela dynasty.

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