The Lakshamana temple is a very famous Hindu temple located in the city of Khajuraho, India. Yashovarman built this temple in the 10th century.
ARCHITECTURE of LAKSHMANA TEMPLE:
The temple complex is built on a high platform and its structure consists of all the elements of Hindu Temple architecture. However, it has entrance porch, mandapa, maha-mandapa, Antarala and Garbhagriha.
Moreover, divine figures, couples and erotic scenes covers two rows of the temple. Vaikuntha Vishnu is the main image depicting a tri-headed & four-armed sculpture.
Surprisingly, the human head is at the centre. The two sides of boar depicts Varaha and lion that depicts Narashima.
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