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Khajuraho
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The famous sculptures in the sandstone temples of Khajuraho are truly beautiful, executed with a joy, fluidity and lack of inhibition that is rarely to be found in modern India. Their eroticism shocked the British ("The sculptor had at times allowed his subject to grow a little warmer than there was any absolute necessity for doing," wrote one officer primly in 1838), but they are widely acknowledged as some of the most exquisite temple art in India. The 22 temples were built by the Chandela dynasty that died out in the 10th century, and are in three distinct groups - the westernmost does a nightly son et lumière. There is a huge Shiva festival in February/March.
