Khajuraho:Odyssey Of Stone Poetry (English)

Author: Sadhish Sharma

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Publisher	Universal Publishing
Product Format	Hardcover
Language Published	English
Volume Number	1
Number of Pages	176
Product ID	9788198375926

Khajuraho has long held my imagination. Each visit, each quiet hour spent beneath its rising shikharas, revealed something new; an expression frozen in stone, a gesture caught in mid-movement, or a hidden corner where sunlight softened a sculpted contour. What begins as admiration for the temples as architectural marvels soon deepens into something more personal: a feeling of being in the presence of a place that has grown, endured, and breathed through a thousand years of human endeavour.

This book grew from that feeling. Khajuraho's story is not just about dynasties or dates; it is a landscape where ideas were chiselled into permanence, where artisans transformed devotion into living forms, and where the Chandellas imagined a world in which the sacred and the human could coexist seamlessly. Here, gods stand alongside dancers, musicians, ascetics, warriors, and lovers. The stones do not instruct, they invite. They encourage us to look closely, to interpret freely, and to appreciate the breadth of life they hold.

Throughout this journey, I found myself drawn to the people of Khajuraho the villagers who kept memory alive when the world looked away, the scholars and conservationists who restored its monuments, and the countless visitors who continue to experience the temples with wonder. Their presence forms a quiet, enduring thread through the town's long history, from a sacred settlement to a UNESCO World Heritage Site.