The PPP is on Kandariya Mahadeva temple, Kahjuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India for the students of UG on its architecture and art with its historical background. The slide is not for my API, It is for the students. .

1. कं दारिया महादेव मंददि
Kandāriyā Mahādeva Mandir
"the Great God of the Cave”
Sachin Kr. Tiwary

2. Location:-
Chhatarpur district of Madhya
Pradesh in Central India.
Introduction:-
Khajuraho was once the capital of
the Chandela dynasty.
Temple built by Vidyadhara (r. c.
1003-1035 CE).
Vidhyadhara, also described as Bida
by the Muslim historian Ibn-al-
Athir was a powerful ruler who
fought Mahmud of Ghazni in the
first offensive launched by the latter
in 1019.
In 1986 inscribed under
the UNESCO List of World Heritage
Sites.

3. Hi The temple complex is in 6 sq. km. (2.3 sq mi), out of 85 only 22 existed including the
Kaṇḍāriyā Mahādeva Temple.
 The temple is 31 m. (102 ft) in height and located is in the western complex, which is the
largest among the three groups of the Khajuraho complex of temples.
 The temple is founded on a massive plinth of 4 m. (13 ft) height.
 The temple structure above the plinth is
dexterously planned and pleasingly detailed.
 The superstructure has richly decorated roofs
which rise in a grand form terminating in the
shikara, which has 84 miniature spires.
 This temple is characteristically built over a
plan of 31 m. (102 ft) in length and 20 m.
(66 ft) in width with the main tower soaring to
a height of 31 m. (102 ft).

4. 1870

5. There is a main tower above the sanctum and there are two other
towers above the other mandapas also in the shape of "semi-
rounded, stepped, pyramidal form with progressively greater
height".
The main tower is encircled by a series of interlinked towers and
spires of smaller size.

6. Plan and Section of the Temple

7. The main
temple
tower with
84 mini
spires.

8. Right at the entrance there is torana, a very intricately
carved garland which is sculpted from a single stone.

9. Due to inadequate natural light in the balconies the sanctum has very little light thus
creating a "cave like atmosphere" which is in total contrast to the external parts of the
temple.
In the interior halls of the
temple and on its exterior
faces there are elaborately
carved sculptures of gods and
goddesses, musicians and
apsaras or nymphs.

10. The exterior surfaces of the temples are entirely covered with sculptures in three vertical layers

11. The huge
pillars of the
halls have
architectural
features of
the "vine or
scroll motif".
In the
corners of
the halls
there are
insets which
are carved
on the
surface with
incised
patterns.

12. Images of gods Agni, erotic sculptures, Saptamatrikas, Ganesha and Virabhadra, Sardula,
a mythical creature with lion face and human limbs in lower panel is a unique figure seen in
the wall of the temple.

13. Any
Question ?