The Kandariya Mahadeva is one of the finest, largest and loftiest temple among the group of the temple of Khajuraho. This was built during the reign of the Chandella ruler Vidyadhar between Circa 1025-1050 A.D. The Chandella rulers were devotees of both Siva and Visnu. Their well-known Siva temples are the Matangesvara, Visvanatha and Kandariya Mahadeva. In this book, the Chapter I and II deals with location and general history of Chandellas. The Chapter III deals in details with general description and architecture of the Kandariya Mahadeva temple. The Chapter IV deals with the sculptural art, iconography, social life and society as depicted in the sculptures, erotic sculptures and surasundaris. This work aims at presenting a detailed and systematic study of temple and scultpures in particular.
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