The Temples of Khajuraho by Approach Guides

Author:Approach Guides
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: www.approachguides.com
Published: 2015-09-10T23:46:36+00:00

Advancement 2: Unified, Integrated Interior

The layout of Khajuraho’s temples was pioneering in that it integrated what had earlier been discrete structures into a unified whole.

Compared to Orissan prototypes

In Orissa, the temple structure consists of discrete rooms connected together through a narrow passage: in the case of Brahmeshvara Temple (built in 1060), a sanctuary (red highlights in Fig. 21) was simply fused with mandapa (yellow highlights in Fig. 21).

Fig. 21. Floorplan, Brahmeshvara Temple, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa.

In Khajuraho, however, these discrete units give way to a single integrated whole. This transformation happened for the first time in the design of Lakshmana. At Lakshmana, the sanctuary (red highlights in Fig. 22) and mandapa (yellow highlights in Fig. 22) have been joined together into a single structure.

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