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Eastern group of temples, Khajuraho
Eastern group of temples, Khajuraho
Parsvanath, the largest of the Jain temples in the walled enclosure is also one of the finest. The temple has Kahjuraho's famous classic figure of a woman removing a thorn from her foot.
The adjacent smaller Adinath temple has three bands of fine carved sculptures.
Shanti Nath temple has a 4.5 m high statue of Adinath dating 1028 AD.
The four temples in the old village of khajuraho are Javari temple dedicated to Vishnu with a sikhara, Vamana temple is dedicated to the dwarf incarnation of Vishnu, Brahma temple has a four-faced lingam and dedicated to Vishnu, Hanuman temple with a 2.5 m high statue of monkey god and the oldest inscription of Khajuraho dating 922 AD.
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