After seeing the Dwa Jagdabi Temple, follow the path below all the way north to come to this solitary temple on a high platform. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The Info temple is a red sandstone building, and the architectural structure and layout are somewhat similar to the Dwajagdabi temple just seen. It was built in 1000~1025. It is a temple dedicated to the sun god Suriya.

The reliefs on the walls are very similar to those of the Deva Jagdabi Temple, with the idol of Vishnu as the main thing, and the gaps are filled with mythical beasts, supplemented by statues of little fairies. Relief on the south wall. Although the reliefs are similar to those on other temples I have seen before, they are still much worse than the momentum.

After seeing those two temples, it will be boring to look here. Relief on the north wall. Vishnu and the auspicious goddess. This boar-headed man is the second incarnation of Vishnu - the boar ~ Valaha.

This myth is famous: when a demon named Biranik dragged the earth into the sea, Vishnu dived into the sea in the form of a wild boar to duel the demon and defeat the demon, and then pulled the earth up with his teeth. This great god hides in the corner leisurely, with a big belly.

The temple can also be visited indoors. The lotus dome in the vestibule. The inner courtyard has some ancient reliefs that are thousands of years old, but they are so badly damaged that the heads of many of the gods have been knocked off. This idol is the sun god Suriya, which is dedicated to the temple. The main offering to the Hindu sun god is very rare in Hindu temples and is unique in Khajuraho temples.

It's probably the biggest attraction of this temple. After reading the temple of the sacred cow and the temple of Puzheta Puswa, you can see a temple complex a short distance east along the path and there are four temples, including the three in the photo above: 1, the highest and largest one in the middle.

The Temple of the Sacred Cow, located on the right side of the pavilion temple, 3, the Parvati Temple, located on the left side of the tower temple. 4. The temple of Puzheta Puswa, located behind the photo location. The appearance of this temple is very similar to the one seen before, but it is slightly smaller. Built in 1002, it is dedicated to Lord Shiva.

It is characterized by several stone elephants on the roof. There are love reliefs on the walls. When Xue Luo and Liu Jingshu visited, the main tower was partially under repair. From high to low temple towers. It is very similar to the mountain range rising peak by peak, which shows the momentum of the main tower. A statue of Lord Shiva sits high on the top of the tower, looking into the distance.

It's like sitting on a sacred Himalayan mountain. The ridge of the roof is a number of lively stone elephants, which is one of the temple's features. The statue of Lord Shiva and the goddess of the snow-capped mountains is a stone statue of the temple in the town. Statue of a mythical beast. Sculpture on the south wall. Most of them are statues of gods and fairies, and there are love reliefs in them. Love relief.

What's interesting is the two fairies next to them that cover their faces. A sculpture of love in a frieze below the temple. One person covered his face next to him and didn't dare to look at it, and the other person was talking on the side. Don't look at the relief, it's rough, but the image is vivid. Looking in the mirror and the little fairy with her long hair converged here. The demeanor is in place. This is a character from a thousand years ago.

Patterns on the relief frieze at the bottom of the temple. Bucket Elephant Diagram. Elephant fighting is often seen in early sculptures and murals in India, when elephant fighting was as a social recreation as bullfighting is today. On the steps on which the temple sits, there are sub-towers to the southwest and northeast.

There are also reliefs on the auxiliary towers. The reliefs on the sub-pagoda are mostly of Lord Shiva and his incarnation. There is also a statue of Lord Elephant Trunk, the son of Shiva. Another small secondary tower of the temple with simple reliefs on the walls. There is a small locked inner room. Relief trim on the threshold of the secondary tower. The main deity in the middle is a female statue, which is a Shiva temple.

Then this goddess is obviously Shiva's wife, the goddess of the snow-capped mountains, Parvati. In Hindu mythology, Parvati is the goddess of Shiva, the goddess of the snow-capped mountains of the Himalayas, and the love story between her and Shiva is one of the most moving chapters in ancient Indian culture. Not only does she have peerless beauty, but she also transforms into a fierce god of war on the battlefield when needed.

From her incarnation came the most ferocious and terrifying black goddess in Hindu mythology, Gari. She is also the mother of Ganesha. Legend has it that Parvati was originally the Hindu goddess of happy marriage, Dashayoni, who committed suicide in order to express her dissatisfaction with her lover Shiva's disrespectful father Dasha, and her soul was reincarnated as Parvati, the goddess of the snow-capped mountains, and remarried Shiva.

Walking to the door of the inner chamber and looking through the iron fence, there is a bust relief of Shiva, and in front of it lies a stone sacred cow, which must be the legendary Shiva's mount Nandi. This is the entrance to the interior and can be accessed for a visit. The inner chamber is dedicated to the incarnation of Lord Shiva, the Linga.

Stone statue of the goddess in the interior. Stone carvings on the walls of the inner chambers. The little fairy who played with the ball hanging on the wall twisted into a large shape and looked realistic, but unfortunately the ball in her hand had been damaged, and only half of it was left. A small relief of Lord Shiva located indoors. The carving is very delicate, and even the bumpiness of the belly is carved.

Located on the northwest side, Parvati Temple is a small tower temple that sits alone on a platform. Parvati was Shiva's wife, and after her, it was supposed to be a temple of the goddess of the snow-capped mountains. But judging from the stone statue of the lintel, it should have been dedicated to Vishnu at the earliest. Parvati Temple: Don't look at it, it's a tiny, inconspicuous tower temple.

But the thousand-year-old stone carvings around the door frame are still very beautiful. It is rare to see the statues of the three main gods of Hinduism on the lintel gathered here. In the center is the protector god Vishnu, on the left is Brahma, the god of creation, and on the right is Shiva, the god of destruction. Elsewhere, their images often appear alone.

The three longitudinal relief statues in the middle of the upper part of the lintel on both sides are all in pairs of love shapes, and there is a graceful goddess on the left and right of the lower part, one to the left, one to the right, twisting the crotch kung fu. In the middle of the relief on the doorframe at the bottom is a large fairy tree, with lush foliage and humanoid fruits, and some women holding jugs on the left and right sides.

It's like going to water a fairy tree. The shrine of the sacred cow walks up the steps of the platform where the temple is located, with a stone elephant on each side. A stone-carved elephant next to the steps of the shrine of the sacred cow. The carving is very detailed and beautiful, but unfortunately the mahout rider is partially damaged. Located on the east side, the shrine of the sacred cow is a pavilion temple that houses Shiva's mount, Nandi, a stone cow sculpture.

The interior of the sacred cow temple pavilion temple. In the center is a huge stone ox lying on a stone platform, which is the mount of Shiva, the great god of Hinduism. It is precisely because of the belief in this sacred cow that the Hindus have developed the custom of not eating beef, and the streets of India are full of free cows lying upside down.

The shrine of the sacred cow is dedicated to the great god Shiva. After seeing the temple of the sacred cow, walk along this path to the exit, passing by a building with a white wall and a pineapple tower on the right hand, which is the last temple you see in the West Temple Scenic Area - Purzeta Puswa Temple.

This is the latest one in the western temple complex, about 200 years old, therefore, compared with other early buildings in the scenic area, the appearance is very different, there are no character reliefs on the wall, only a closed door frame for decoration, a bit of Western architectural taste. There are three towers from high to low, each with different shapes.

The shortest one is semicircular, the middle one is trapezoidal, and the tallest one is pineapple-shaped. The tallest main tower of the temple of Purzeta Puswa looks like a grenade or a pineapple from a distance. This temple can be seen from a distance, and there is nothing more to see. The vegetation in the West Temple Scenic Area is very good, with green leaves and green grass, attracting some birds and squirrels to amuse.

The big bird, clad in black and white feathers, landed on the tree above the snow and raised its hand to pat it down. It looks a bit like a cuckoo-like bird. As soon as the big black and white bird in front of it flew away, this big black bird of similar size chased after it, and they were like a pair, chasing them in the trees, but their coat colors were completely different.

This large bird is an Indian hornbill with a long tail and a long beak, but the helmet with a crown that is the symbol of the hornbill is small, which is not as beautiful as the hornbill seen in Malaysia when the snow falls. The crown of the Malayan hornbill is golden yellow, large, and extends from the top of the head to the beak, which is very beautiful. The Indian hornbill, you can see it from this angle.

In particular, the small crown that rises above the beak is the sign of the hornbill. A small blue bird the size of a sparrow, whose scientific name is the Bronze Blue Flycatcher, is always beautiful. It is also found in the southern part of the Dragon Kingdom. I know it's an eagle, but I don't know what it is. Big green parrots, a lot, fly around.

Big green parrot with black curly-tailed. Common mynah. This beautiful bird with a golden chest and abdomen and a black back is covered with a pinch of black crested crown feathers sticking out from the back on its head, and it looks playful and cute. The little bird stood on the water pipe and stared at the snowfall, with a black face, a golden robe, a black cloak behind it, and a pinch of crown feathers crooked on its head.

Let Xueluo think of a bird name: Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. Although its name is not, it resembles it. Seeing that the snow fell was not a threat to it, it simply ignored the snow falling on the opposite side, tilted his head and showed off his figure at the snowfall. Who knows what the name of this little bird is? These two little guys are lying on the wall and peeping around, looking super cute.

It is located 24 km southeast of Khajuraho and 20 km west of Panna in a large river-bound, densely vegetated and less populated area. It is now a national park and wildlife sanctuary and is open to the public.

In order to protect the tigers, the government has brought in more than 30 wild tigers from Banderhawa and Ganha to manage them in the reserve, and used them as signboards to attract tourists to hunt for them. There is also a large number of wild animals such as deer, antelope, wild boar, monkeys, crocodiles, birds and more in the reserve. Tourists can take a sightseeing off-road jeep.

Look for tigers in the company of a forest ranger, or take a speedboat ride down the river and enjoy the reserve's sights. At half past one in the afternoon, Xueluo and Liu Jingshu chartered an open-top jeep from the Panna Reserve for 5,500 to go from Khajuraho to the reserve more than 20 kilometers away to see wildlife.

Fares and entrance fees to scenic spots are included. This is the entrance to the reserve. Say it's a tiger sanctuary, and of course hope to see wild tigers. After entering the reserve, Xueluo and Liu Jingshu's car traveled south along the path between the jungles. The vegetation in the reserve is very rich, the jungle is dense, the grass is overgrown, and there is not a single figure to be seen.

It is indeed a great place for wild animals. Out of the jungle and into the river beach, the trees are much sparser, and there are many deer and antelope in this area. This is the core area of the reserve, close to the Ken River, with scattered trees and a wide view, because it is the dry season and the grass is yellow.

Continue to the bank of the Ken River, which is about 10 kilometers away from the entrance of the reserve, the jeep no longer goes deeper into the reserve, Xueluo and Liu Jingshu get off the car and go around the river and return. There are a lot of deer seen along the way, as well as monkeys and wild boars, probably because of the dry season, and there are few birds.

There was no sign of the tiger. Spotted deer in the reserve. There are many white spots on the body, which belongs to the same subspecies as the sika deer. It's just the hind. Females mostly move in groups. Spotted deer in the reserve. This is only the male, which sees fewer numbers than the female, and is also more vigilant.

Herds of female spotted deer. Probably because few people were disturbed, they were not too afraid of people, and when Xueluo and Liu Jingshu's car passed by, they would look up for a moment, and then continue to graze with their heads down. The antlers of this spotted deer are beautiful.

The male spotted deer in the setting sun, a female sambar deer, stands in the woodland by the roadside and turns her head and chirps, probably calling for her companion or child. Male sambar sambar sambar peacock. Peacocks can be seen in the wild fields of India. A crocodile lies on the edge of a small rocky beach outcropping out of the water.

There is also a crocodile lying there basking in the sun on the river beach here, and the guide does not let you get close to the water's edge. The red-cheeked bulbul does not have many birds this season, and the eagle also rests. On this section of the road, I met a protected area work car, and the people on the car had a tiger collar locator, so they knew the location of the tiger, and the driver of Xueluo and Liu Jingshu's car said that after positioning, they knew that there was a tiger nearby.

But after waiting for a while, I didn't see the tiger come out, so I had to go home. I didn't see a tiger in the tiger reserve, but I saw countless deer. Khajuraho → Varanasi today is the 22nd day of travel to India, during the day to go around the east and south temples of Khajuraho, and the evening train from Khajuraho to the next station, Varanasi. Overnight on the train.

The Maharaja temple is located on the side of the street in a Hindu temple in use, very close to the hotel where Xueluo and Liu Jingshu lived, just by foot, and went in early in the morning to take a walk. The courtyard of the Maharaja temple is very quiet, and no one cares when you go in to see it. The building is still very beautiful, and in terms of shape and style, it should be about 200 years old.

The history is much shorter than the buildings in the West Temple Scenic Area. In the morning, the other teammates went shopping and repaired, and the snow fell back to the West Temple Scenic Area to take a closer look at the few temples that were not in time to take a good look yesterday because of time constraints. Dropped off the hotel at noon and the evening train left Khajuraho for Varanasi.

In the afternoon, 400 chartered a tuk-tuk to go to the East Temple. The group is located in the southeast of the Ximiao group within the range of about 1~18 kilometers. There are several Hindu temples around the old village, mainly Hanuman Temple, Brahma Temple, Gohantai Temple, and a Jain temple complex a little further east.