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Kandariya Mahadeva Temple of Khajuraho

    • Kandariya Mahadeva Temple of Khajuraho

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    The Kandariya Mahadeva is one of the finest, largest, and loftiest temples 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 Śiva temples are the Matangeśvara, Viśvanatha, and Kandariya Mahadeva.
    In this book, Chapter I and II deals with the location and general history of Chandellas. Chapter III deals in detail with the general description and architecture of the Kandariya Mahadeva temple. Chapter IV deals with sculptural art, iconography, social life, and society as depicted in the sculptures, erotic sculptures, and surdsundaris.
    This work aims at presenting a detailed and systematic study of temples and sculptures in particular.
    SKU: 9788186050088

    • PRODUCT INFO

      AUTHOR K.M. SURESH
      PUBLISHER BHARATIYA KALA PRAKASHAN
      LANGUAGE ENGLISH
      EDITION 2nd
      ISBN 9788186050088
      PAGES 95 (THROUGHOUT COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS)
      COVER HARDCOVER
      OTHER DETAILS 9.00 X 6.00 INCH
      WEIGHT 280 GM
      YEAR                        2018                                                                                    

       

    • AUTHOR INFO

      Dr. K.M. Suresh (B. 1952) presently working as Director (Museum) at Kannada University, obtained his Master's Degree in Ancient Indian History, Culture, and Epigraphy from Karnataka University in 1974 and Post-Graduate Diploma in Archaeology from the Institute of Archaeology, Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi in 1986. He obtained Ph.D. from Utkal University, Orissa in 1992 on 'Sculptural Art of Hampi-Vijayanagar'.

      Since his inception in the Archaeological Survey of India in 1976, he has served in various capacities in the Archaeological Museum at Bijapur, Hampi, Khajuraho, Aihole, and Badami. He has been an active field worker in the Excavation Branch IV of the Archaeological Survey of India, Bhuvaneshwar.

      Dr. Suresh's other works are Saivite Sculptures of Khajuraho; Sculptural Art of Hampi; The History of Chandellas; Early Western Chalukyan Sculptures from Aihole, Badami, Mahakuta, and Pattadakallu; A guide book on Aihole Monuments; Megalithic Culture in Northern Karnataka; Forts and Fortifications of Vijayanagar; and Veera Bhadra Temples and Sculptures from district Bellary in Karnataka. He has contributed several research papers for leading Journals and Felicitation Volumes.

    • PREFACE

      Indeed. I was thrilled by the magnificent temple of Kandariya Mahadeva and its sculptures in and around this temple, which was built by the Chandella ruler Vidyadhara between Cairca 1025-50 A.D. This is one of the finest, largest, and loftiest temples among the group of temples of Khajuraho. This temple marks the culmination of the Central Indian building style and is fully developed in the paratha on plan and in elevation which marks the highest development of Hindu architectural design.

      In this monograph, Chapter I and II deal with the location and general history of Chandellas. Chapter III deals in detail with the general description and architecture of the Kandariya Mahadeva temple. Chapter IV deals with sculptural art, iconography, social life, and society as depicted in the sculptures, erotic sculptures, and surasundaris.

      A few books on Khajuraho monuments and sculptures comprehensive study of the particular temple with its sculptures and iconography. This work aims at presenting a detailed and systematic study of temples and sculptures in particular.

      I am grateful to Professor S. Settar, Chairman, Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi, for contributing a foreword to this monograph and for his kind words of appreciation. My thanks to Shri C.T.M. Kotraiah who encouraged and took immense pains in guiding me at every stage of this work.

    • FOREWARD

      Khajuraho, a modern village situated on the left bank of Khudra-Nala, a tributary of the Ken river, in the district Chhattarpur of Madhya Pradesh was one of the capitals of Chandellas, but it is better known for a group of temples, built between the 9th and 12th century A.D. The Chandella rulers were devotees of both Siva and Visnu. In their inscriptions, Śiva is invoked as Mahadeva, Viśvanatha, Maheśvara Kedara, and so on; their well-known Śiva temples are the Matanageśvara, Viśvanatha, and Kandariya Mahadeva.

      Of these, the Kandariya Mahadeva temple is the finest largest, and loftiest of temples at Khajuraho. This was built during the reign of Vidyadhara, between c. 1025 and 1050 A.D. It measures about 30.5 mts. in length and height and 20 Mts. in width, excluding the platform; it rests on the fully developed jati and consists of mukhamandapa, mandapa, maha mandapa with lateral transepts; antarala and garbhagṛha enclosed by an inner ambulatory passage with transepts on the side and the rear, while its elevation consists of Jagat (platform), adhisthana (basement), jangha (wall portion) and shikhara.

      This temple displays a large number of sculptures of arresting beauty. They appear on the three bands of its walls and represent gods and goddesses, mithuna and surasundaris, vyálas, and nagis. This is the only temple that displays makaratoranas.

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