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Khajuraho- The Temples Of Moksh And Kamasutra
The Khajuraho temples, popularly known as the Kamasutra temples of India, have aroused curiosity with their seemingly brazen depiction of eroticism. Khajuraho was an ancient city in the Madhya Pradesh region of northern India. From the 10th to 12th century CE it was the capital of the Chandella kings who ruled Bundelkhand. google The Khajuraho Group of Monuments, designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986. What led to the creation of Khajuraho temples? As per the legends, there was a beautiful brahmin girl named Hemvati after whom the Khajuraho temples were built. One day, when she was bathing in a pond in Benaras, the Moon God was swooned by her beauty, and…
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Why Bodh Gaya Is Considered As Navel Of Earth?
Bodh Gaya is a large village situated in the southern part of the Indian state of Bihar. The environment around the village is rural, being made up of cultivated areas interspersed with open ground. Beside the village flows the wide but shallow Lilanjan River. In Buddhist scriptures, this river is called Neranjara, a name derived from the words pleasant (nelam) or alternatively blue (Nila), and water (jalam). India is the birthplace of Buddhism and as one of the oldest faiths followed, One of the holiest Buddhist sites is Bodh Gaya, where the spiritual life of the Buddha is commemorated and revered by devotees from all over the world. The History of…
