Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods) c29.22

c29.22

South of this Jain group, near the Kurar Nala, are two Brahmanical temples, one of which called the Kunwar Math (No. 30), and dedicated to Siva, is as fine as any of the Brahmanical examples on this site. It is 66 feet long by 33 feet broad externally and is composed of the usual five compartments, the whole being designed and decorated in the traditional Khajuraho style. Remains of other temples, evidently of the same period, have been located still further afield, as for instance at Jatkari 1½ miles south of Khajuraho, while even as far away as in Rewa State, there is the Vishvanatha temple at Maribag, a small example but clearly of the same type. It is however in the principal group of these buildings as seen at Khajuraho itself that interest mainly centres, for in its deserted courts the spirit of the time still seems to linger, not only in its architecture but in the multitude of silent yet moving forms on its temple walls, depicting a race of people who appear to belong to another world—a world of sensuous mystery, where sober reality is unknown.