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Khajuraho Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Khajuraho, India
Gwalior to Khajuraho
This is a top pick! ... minute dry barron lunar lanscapes the next tree lined lanes surrounded by hills reminiscent of an 'arrid france'. The road towards Khajuraho was designated as a 'National Highway' but was in reality no more than a single track part-made road, which was ...
Sick of Khajuraho
This is a top pick! ... one, are well-appointed and enjoyable and the numerous rooftop restaurants look quite peaceful and tasty. The problem with Khajuraho is the people. When the tourist boom began in the mid-70s, locals and carpetbaggers realised that where ...
Erotic? but is it art?
This is a top pick! ... chai - both were delicious... Reaching Satna bus station, we were lucky to find a seat on a bus pulling out destined for Khajuraho and its erotic temples. We arrived after dark, albeit it safely, having vowed not to travel on Indian buses at night due ...
Taxi Ride to Khajuraho
This is a top pick! ... but the prices were pretty average and the town didn't look very appealing. We asked about getting a taxi the 3 to 4 hour drive to Khajuraho. He contacted a guy and we bargained for a better price. We ended up getting it for $35 AUD (1200 Rupees). That ...
More erotic temples
This is a top pick! ... night. It was shit. I must have dozed off for a while because I remember a pocket of peace. We thankfully arrived in Khajuraho but were attacked by touts. We managed to escape but not before extracting some useful information from them - like how far ...
And A Good Time Was Had By All
This is a top pick! ... rated PG-13. Apparently, about one thousand years ago, the members of the Chandella Dynasty in Khajuraho were partying like porn stars in the Amsterdam red light district until Afghan invaders chased them out of ...
Yogi Erotica in Khajuraho
This is a top pick! ... spend a lot of time trying to get money out of tourists because it is good luck for business). The main street in Khajuraho was lined with market stalls selling every possible type of firecracker available, and then some. Ricks favourite was the King of ...
Kids, cover yer eyes!
This is a top pick! ... no luck. Oh well, maybe next time (I'd love to see a tiger...) It seems funny that this place is one of northern India's top tourist destinations, but it's really out in the middle of nowhere--a 4-5 hour bumpy bus ride in either direction, or flying. ...
Titillating temples and carnal carvings
This is a top pick! ... a little unfairly) of Dad's Army. Their ranking officer even had more than a passing resemblance to Captain Mainwaring!! Anyway, Khajuraho is a little town in the middle of NOWHERE, but home to the Chandela World Heritage temples, (in)famous since ...
Onward to Varanasi
This is a top pick! ... and asked if they could tag along and ask questions. One wanted to learn Italian so he could be a guide. We walked through old Khajuraho and the kids told us about the four different castes that lived there. The temples were interesting, but we felt the ...
Sexy Temples!!
This is a top pick! ... were built under the late Chandela kings between 950 and 1050 AD. With the fading of Chandela fortunes, the importance of Khajuraho waned but temple building continued until the 12th century at a much reduced pace. The temples did not fall victim to the ...
Temples of Khajuraho
This is a top pick! ... that their first king was a son of Chandra, the moon god. The Chandelas eventually controlled much of central India and built the temples at Khajuraho, whose motifs are complex, yet have a common theme of waxing and waning aspects of life, fertility, and ...
Spit Roast, Indian Style
This is a top pick! ... cheap and the mattress was as thin as cardboard. Up early, once again, onto a bus, and then we arrived at our destination. Khajuraho The Eastern Group Once we had found a room, we went and had a look at the free temples. All the temples date ...
Khajuraho! - Kinky & Hassel.
This is a top pick! ... went to a light and sound show describing the history of the temples and the people who built them. The temples of Khajuraho are stunningly beautiful, architecturally, and also for the 1,000's of exquisite sculptures that adorn them inside and out. There ...
Kama Sutra Temples!
This is a top pick! Currently in another small village called Kajuraho with the elaborately carved temples, nicknamed the 'kama sutra' temples. There are intricately carved small statues all over the temples some depicting rather explicit scenes of daily life (apparently) ...
Erotic Temples and Classical Dances
This is a top pick! ... to be brutal because of lack of space, but Tina was okay because she's tiny. We are here in the centre of India to see the famous temples of Khajuraho and to see part of the 7 day festival of classical dance. We stayed the first night at Yogi Lodge and ...
Khajuraho
This is a top pick! Hi Guys, You can read our update from Khajuraho, India in our entry from Pokhara, Nepal entitled 'Escape from India!'. Cheers, K & ...
erotic and shanti
This is a top pick! ... Varanasi, as I often do, I had a difficult time securing a train to Satna that was the transfer town for the bus to Khajuraho. I managed to get a tourist quota ticket for the overnight train, which left me with 12 hours to kill. Having dumped my bag ...
Khajuraho
This is a top pick! Written by Jesse Written on May 14, 2005 in Varanasi Khajuraho was once a capital of the Chandela dynasty, but is now a village of no more than 20,000 people half of which seem hell bent on either pissing me off or taking as many of my Rupees as ...
Erotic temples,wedding parties + drinking sessions
This is a top pick! 
Who says women are the weaker sex
I was due to get the lunchtime train to Jhansi and then pick up a car to take me to Khajuraho however the hotel forgot to arrange my ticket on the Saturday and by the time I reminded them again on the Sunday they had again forgotten to arrange it and the ...
Khajaraho & Agra
... by wildlife organizations in the UK & Australia that works to rescue and rehabilitate dancing bears from the streets of India. Sloth bears have been poached from the wild by gypsies for centuries apparently and have been conditioned to dance to music ...
Days 37-39 : Khajuraho and my first Safari
... ... whoops! The temples were fairly nice but we were too tired and hot at this point to appreciate them. Khajuraho is a fairly quiet town although walking down the road from my hotel never failed to get me attention from the English speaking ...
Khajuraho - A Templing We Go...
We took a private car to Khajuraho, which we organised through the hotel travel agency. I wouldn't do this again! The private car was worth it though, as Khajuraho was a small town in the middle of nowhere. It is full of huge temples covered in intricate ...
Erotic Art at Hindu Temples
... from the area. We spent the first half of our day exploring the 22 surviving temples of Khajuraho. While the temples are superb examples of 10th-century Indo-Aryan architecture, the erotic carvings that embellish the stone are ...
Parents: NOT FOR KIDS!
Khajuraho is a UNESCO listed World Heritage site: a collection of dozens of ancient, gorgeous temples featuring a wide variety of sculptural detail: animals, wars, gods, daily life--including the erotic Kama Sutra-like work that is most well-known. THIS ...
Trains, tigers and touts
... we did... We're off to Orchha in the morning, a town that our guidebook promises will be more laid back and hassle free than Khajuraho. We'll let you know how that works out. Cheers, and best wishes to Sarah and Dave and the twins in the ...
Khajuraho, Kama Sutra Carvings!
... up with an Australian couple and ended up doing the next leg of the journey with them. We decided to make a stop in Khajuraho to see the carved 'Kama Sutra' temples created in medieval Hindu times. Wow! I think one temple had over 800 ...
Kama Sutra temples
... I suppose. 3 hours at train station to buy a ticket for next day. Train trip not much longer. Bus to Khajuraho where many temples from 900-1000 AD with interesting sculptures. Quietish town to hang around apart from shopkeepers, street salespeople, ...