Khajuraho

Khajuraho is a city, near Chhatarpur in Chhatarpur district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. One of the most popular tourist destinations in India, Khajuraho has the country's largest group of medieval Hindu and Jain temples, famous for their erotic sculptures. Wikipedia

Population 24,481 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Visas and entry What your passport needs for India
Daylight 10 h 36 in Dec, dark by 17:23 · 13 h 40 in Jun
  1. January: 10 h 45 of daylight
  2. February: 11 h 19 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 59 of daylight
  4. April: 12 h 44 of daylight
  5. May: 13 h 20 of daylight
  6. June: 13 h 40 of daylight
  7. July: 13 h 33 of daylight
  8. August: 13 h 01 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 19 of daylight
  10. October: 11 h 36 of daylight
  11. November: 10 h 57 of daylight
  12. December: 10 h 36 of daylight

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

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