#Thread on controversial #khajuraho temple.
A temple which is famous for its erotic and sexual sculpture and has been targeted by left liberals on its meaning and importance. However, it may shock you, if I say sexual themes cover only less than 10% of the temple sculpture.
There were 85 temples in khajuraho but now only 25 temples are there. Khajuraho temples were in active use through the end of the 12th century.
In the 1830s, a British surveyor, T.S. Burt, to the temples and they were thus rediscovered by the global audience.
The Chausat Yogini temple was the first of the temples to be built among the temples still standing; it was built around late 9th century.