Vishnu in his three-headed Vaikuntha formChandelaNagara, sandhara plan of the panchayatana type
Sacred since
930 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 930-950 (Chandela)
Chandela
History & significance
The oldest and most complete of the western group of temples at Khajuraho, built by the Chandela king Yashovarman around 930-950 for a Vaikuntha Vishnu image. Part of the Khajuraho Group of Monuments inscribed by UNESCO in 1986, it carries the ten avatars of Vishnu on its sanctum doorway and a rare niche portrait of the sculptor with his pupils.