Khajuraho: Overview

This quiet, genial, dusty village in northern Madhya Pradesh is awash with temples. Temples for everything - sun gods, sacred bulls and, more memorably and most prominently, sex. The erotic possibilities suggested by the many stone figures in the temples have lent international fame to Khajuraho.

Fast Facts

Electrical Plugs

European plug with two circular metal pins South African/Indian-style plug with two circular metal pins above a large circular grounding pin
230-240V 50Hz

Languages Spoken

Official: Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Bengali, Kashmiri, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Punjabi

Country Dialing Code

+91

Weights & Measures

Metric

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