Parsvanatha Temple

À propos de Parsvanatha Temple

Parsvanatha is the largest and most architecturally accomplished of Khajuraho's Jain temples, and its existence is a useful corrective to the common assumption that a dynasty remembered chiefly for Shiva and Vishnu shrines built exclusively for those cults. The Chandelas, whose kings styled themselves devout Shaivas, nonetheless funded major Jain construction at Khajuraho — a reflection of the dynasty's pragmatic relationship with the region's prosperous Jain merchant and trading communities, whose wealth and patronage were worth cultivating regardless of the ruling house's own devotional affiliations. Built to a similarly high sculptural standard as the Hindu temples of the Western Group, and evidently by overlapping guilds of sandstone carvers, Parsvanatha carries exterior bands of apsaras and celestial figures that would look entirely at home on a Shaiva shrine — including a widely reproduced panel of a woman removing a thorn from her foot, a genre scene of the kind more associated with courtly Hindu iconography than with Jainism's typically stricter visual conventions. The temple lacks an interior ambulatory passage and has a simpler, more compact plan than Kandariya Mahadeva, but its wall carving is comparably fine. Its current name is not original: the earliest inscriptional evidence indicates the temple was first dedicated to Adinatha, the first Jain Tirthankara, and only rededicated to Parsvanatha, the twenty-third Tirthankara, in 1860, when a new black stone image was installed in the sanctum.

Meilleur moment de la journée : 15:00–17:00. The Jain compound draws a fraction of the Western Group's midday visitor volume, and the softer late-afternoon light suits the finer, shallower relief carving typical of the Jain sculptural tradition better than the harsh overhead sun.

Horaires de Parsvanatha Temple

Horaires d'ouverture

08:00–17:00

Mon–Sun	08:00–17:00

Approximately 08:00–17:00 daily, though as part of an active temple compound the walled enclosure's exact opening hours are set by the local Jain trust rather than the ASI and can vary; the ancient shrine itself is best visited in daylight

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Prix d'entrée de Parsvanatha Temple

Free entry — the Eastern Group's Jain temples, including Parsvanatha, are not enclosed within the ticketed Western Group compound and carry no admission charge. The temple stands inside a walled, active Digambar Jain temple complex that also contains modern shrines still used for daily worship; the ancient Parsvanatha structure itself is ASI-protected, but access to the surrounding compound follows the etiquette of a working temple rather than a monument-only site.

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Histoire de Parsvanatha Temple

Règles et étiquette à Parsvanatha Temple

Conseils pour visiter Parsvanatha Temple

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   Parsvanatha rewards visitors willing to look past the site's relative lack of grandeur compared to the Western Group's manicured lawns and treat it instead as a genuine working religious compound with an unusually direct 19th-century layer of history laid over an 11th-century structure — the rededication of the sanctum image in 1860 is a rare instance at Khajuraho of a documented, comparatively recent act of religious reconsecration.

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   Combine the visit with the nearby Javari Temple, part of the same Eastern Group and only a short walk away, and with the more ruined Ghantai Temple close by, another Jain structure notable for pillars carved with a bell-and-chain motif. Together these form a loop through a considerably quieter and less commercialised part of Khajuraho than the Western Group.

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   Because the compound is walled and gated as an active temple rather than laid out as an open monument, arrival etiquette matters more here — approach the gate calmly, remove footwear where indicated, and expect a slower, more contemplative pace than the brisk photography-driven circuit of the ticketed Western Group.

Comment se rendre à Parsvanatha Temple

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Jain Temple Enclosure, Eastern Group, Khajuraho village, Chhatarpur District, Madhya Pradesh 471606 — approximately 1.2 km east of the Western Group compoundItinéraire sur Google Maps

• Depuis Khajuraho Airport (HJR)

  ₹100–150

  3.5 km · 15–20 min

• Depuis Western Group Main Gate

  ₹60–80

  1.2 km · 5 min (auto) / 15–20 min (walking)

  Auto); free on foot

• Depuis Khajuraho Railway Station

  ₹120–180

  7 km · 18–22 min

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