The
temples of Khajuraho are India's unique gift to the world, representing, as
they do, a paean to life, to love, to joy; perfect in execution and sublime
in expression. Life, in every form and mood, has been capured in stone, testifying
not only to the craftsman's artistry but also to the extraordinary breadth of
vision of the Chandela Rajputs under whose rule the temples were conceived and
constructed. 
roof,
grouped so that the highest is in the centre, the lowest over the portico; a
highly imaginative recreation of the rising peaks of the Himalayas, abode of
the gods. 