Carved Through Centuries
Lakshmana Temple
ABOUT THE PHOTO
Built around 930–950 CE by the Chandela king Yashovarman, the Lakshmana Temple is one of the oldest and best-preserved temples at Khajuraho — dedicated to Vaikuntha Vishnu, a rare three-headed composite form of the deity. What makes it architecturally significant is its Panchayatana layout — a main shrine flanked by four subsidiary temples at the corners of the raised platform, all visible here rising together against the sky. Every horizontal band of the exterior is covered in sculptural friezes — gods, celestials, apsaras, and the erotic panels Khajuraho is known for — carved with a precision that has survived over a thousand years of Madhya Pradesh weather remarkably intact.
CAMERA
FUJIFILM GFX100 II /
FUJIFILM GF20-35mmF4 R WR
FIELD DATA
LOCATION
Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India
SETTINGS
20mm | f/10 | 1/500 sec | ISO 800
