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Sanjay, India: "If our minds are not of this world or universe, and if in other universes, different laws of nature apply, than it is perceivable that our minds can move between universes, and it is perceivable that our imaginations lead us to different universes where our minds will live on. So, indeed, pious Muslim men may end up in a Muslim heaven where they can enjoy an unlimited number of virgins every day, and pious Christians in a heaven where everybody is castrated and just enjoys singing hosiana."
Khajuraho / Attractions / The Temples / The Eastern Group
The Temples
in this group can further be subdivided into two, one being Cluster
of Jain Temples and another scattered through the small village.
Outside the Jain temple enclosure a Jain Museum has recently
been constructed with a circular gallery housing statues of 24
Tirthankaras. This museum can be visited from 7 A.M to 6 P.M after
paying a nominal entry free.
The largest
in this complex is the Parsvnath Temple. The beauty of
the sculptures here is exceptional with women figures seen applying
make-up and other such scenes far less erotic than in the Western
Group. It is said that this temple was initially dedicated to
Adinath but the statue was replaced by that of Parsvnath about
a century ago and thus named. However, the Adinath Temple
lies adjacent to this one have been restored in recent years to
extent. The fine carvings are seen along the three bands of sculptures
and the black image inside gives it the look of a Jain temple,
built around 1028 AD., is the Shanti Nath Temple, also
dedicated to Adinath, in which his idol stands 4.5 meters high.
The Digambar Jains visits this.
Towards the
village is the Ghantai (Bell) Temple whose name relates
to the Bell and Chain decoration on its delicately carved columns.
There is its delicately carved column. There is a figure of a
Jain goddess astride a Garuda which is at the entrance. Dating
back 1075-1100 A.D.is the Javari Temple dedicated to Lord
Vishnu. It is a smaller version of the usually found Khajuraho
Temples but its carvings on the exteriors is no less than the
others. About 200 meter north of this is the Vamana Temple
dedicated to the Dwarf incarnation of Lord Vishnu. The sculpture
on the outer walls and in bands all over are remarkable. West
towards the modern village lies what is known as the Brahma
Temple made of marble and granite. The name is actually incorrect
as this Temple is dedicated to Vishnu and not Brahma. There is
a Hanuman Temple in the same vicinity. It has a 2.5 meter. High
idol of the Monkey God and an inscription dating it hack to 922
AD.
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