{"id":2694,"date":"2016-04-19T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T04:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/?p=2694"},"modified":"2016-04-19T10:00:16","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T04:30:16","slug":"chaturbhuj-temple-of-love-khajuraho-madhya-pradesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/chaturbhuj-temple-of-love-khajuraho-madhya-pradesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaturbhuj Temple of Love Khajuraho Madhya Pradesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chaturbhuj Temple<\/strong> is situated in village <strong>Jatakari ,Khajuraho,<\/strong> built in<strong> 1100AD<\/strong> , the<strong> Chaturbhuj (Lord Vishnu )<\/strong> means the one with four arms . It is peculiar temple in three distinct characters which differentiate it from other temples of Khajuraho . \u00a0It houses the<strong> tallest stone carved idol among all the Temples in Khajuraho<\/strong>\u00a0,<strong>\u00a0only temple in Khajuraho with no Erotic figures, it\u00a0is also the only important temple in Khajuraho that faces west .\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7579\/15681603167_0e777a815d.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chaturbhuj Temple of Love Khajuraho<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nStanding over a platform with entrance from the West , it is normally \u00a0not seen in the Hindu temples but rest all the architecture needs are taken care of like the<strong> Mandapa<\/strong> , <strong>Garbhagriha<\/strong> and the<strong> Shikhara<\/strong> , there are images of <strong>Ganga<\/strong> <strong>can be identified with the presence of Crocodile<\/strong> and <strong>Yamuna<\/strong> <strong>can be identified with Turtle<\/strong> , there is a beautiful image of Lord Shiva in his <strong>Ardhnarishwar<\/strong> ( half man , half woman) carvings along with the heavenly life .<br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7552\/15245108094_6ac520d5b8.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Main entrance , tallest statue among all the temples at Khajuraho<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong>The main idol is suppose to be of<\/strong> <strong>Lord Vishnu<\/strong> but the close observation gives impression of three bodies in one , head with <strong>Jata ( hairs) of Lord Shiva<\/strong> , <strong>the four arms carrying Lotus, Conch , one arm showering the blessings and the other is giving the Abhay ( fearlessness ) , the standing pasture with one leg resting on toe is a Lord Krishna dancing style<\/strong> ( Incarnation of Lord Vishnu) , near the main idol there are images of<strong> Sura &#8211; Sundari<\/strong> .<br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 343px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7545\/15681602167_da60e6945e.jpg?resize=333%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lord Chaturbhuj , Features of Lord Shiva and Lord Krishana<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nBeauty of this temple is seen \u00a0at sunset the sun comes streaming in and falls on the figure, lighting it in such a way that it appears to be full with life.<br \/>\n<strong>For more information and packages contact <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">+ 91 9810506646<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Office contact <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">(+05.30 GMT) \u00a0011 45725562, 45725563, 45725564<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Callers from Outside India Call <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">+ 44 7700093414<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Email :<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"> promark@promarktravels.com<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Website : <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">http:\/\/promarktravels.com<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Blog :<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u00a0http:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chaturbhuj Temple is situated in village Jatakari ,Khajuraho, built in 1100AD , the Chaturbhuj (Lord Vishnu ) means the one with four arms . It is peculiar temple in three distinct characters which differentiate it from other temples of Khajuraho . \u00a0It houses the tallest stone carved idol among all the Temples in Khajuraho\u00a0,\u00a0only temple <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/chaturbhuj-temple-of-love-khajuraho-madhya-pradesh\/\">&hellip;&nbsp;<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,12,13,16,17,18,19,22,25],"tags":[152,153,271,500,502,810,1342,1606,1623,1633,3097],"class_list":["post-2694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure","category-architecture","category-history","category-humanity","category-monuments","category-news","category-people","category-pilgrimage","category-road-trip","category-trekking","tag-architecture-2","tag-ardhnarishwar","tag-beautiful","tag-chaturbhuj-lord-vishnu","tag-chaturbhuj-temple","tag-ganga","tag-khajuraho","tag-lord-krishna","tag-lord-shiva","tag-lord-vishnu","tag-yamuna"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2694\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}