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Brahma Temple, Khajuraho

Khajuraho, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh · 24.8492°, 79.9328°

Shiva, as a four-faced lingamChandelaNagara
Sacred since
850 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
9th–early 10th c. (Chandela)
Chandela

History & significance

A small Chandela shrine on the bank of the Khajuraho Sagar, part of the UNESCO World Heritage group, built of granite rather than the sandstone of most Khajuraho temples and so read as transitional between the two materials. Only the sanctum and its sandstone shikhara survive; the temple is misnamed, since worshippers took its four-faced Shiva lingam for an image of the four-faced Brahma.

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Related sites

Khajuraho Group of Temples
Khajuraho · India
c. 900–1050 CE (Kandariya c. 1030)
Duladeo Temple
Khajuraho, Chhatarpur district · India
c. 1000-1150 (Chandela)
Javari Temple, Khajuraho
Khajuraho, Chhatarpur district · India
c. 975-1100 (Chandela)
Chaturbhuj Temple, Khajuraho
Jatakari, Khajuraho, Chhatarpur district · India
c. 1100 (Chandela)

Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Chandela