{"id":64323,"date":"2025-09-20T12:29:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T06:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=64323"},"modified":"2025-09-20T12:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T07:28:09","slug":"javari-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/javari-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Javari Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Javari Temple Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A seven-foot-tall headless Vishnu idol at the Javari temple in Madhya Pradesh&#8217;s Khajuraho has grabbed headlines following the Chief Justice of India\u2019s remark during a recent hearing on a petition seeking its restoration.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Javari Temple<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>Hindu temple<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which forms <\/span><b>part of the Khajuraho Group of Monuments,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a <\/span><b>UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in <\/span><b>Madhya Pradesh.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The temples at Khajuraho were <\/span><b>built during the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/northern-kingdoms-in-medieval-india-paramaras-chandelas-kalachuris-sisodiyas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chandella dynasty<\/a>,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which reached its apogee between <\/span><b>950 and 1050 AD.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The temples are famous for their <\/span><b>nagara-style architectural symbolism<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and their <\/span><b>erotic sculptures.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Built between 1075 and 1100 AD,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the<\/span><b> Javari Temple <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is <\/span><b>dedicated to Lord Vishnu.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Javari Temple <\/b><b>Architecture<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The temple is built in the <\/span><b>Nagara style<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of architecture.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Situated on a plinth,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it contains a <\/span><b>sanctum, vestibule, mandapa, and portico <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">but <\/span><b>without pradakshinapatha.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has an <\/span><b>exquisitely carved Makara Torana <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Capricorn Arch) <\/span><b>and shikhara.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>sanctum <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Javari Temple <\/span><b>contains a four-armed idol of Lord Vishnu<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, though it is <\/span><b>now broken and headless.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are sculptures of Hindu Gods and navagrahas. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">The <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">elaborate gateway<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the temple is beautiful, and there are <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">images of men and women carved on the walls.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/india\/story\/missing-head-lord-vishnu-idol-khajuraho-javari-temple-debate-2789763-2025-09-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Javari Temple is a Hindu temple, which forms part of the Khajuraho Group of Monuments, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Madhya Pradesh. 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