Chaunsath Yogini Temple : Khajuraho temples

Khajuraho Temples, Chaunsath Yogini temple Khajuraho

Chaunsat Yogini is the oldest of the surviving temples of Khajuraho, dedicated to goddess Kali.This is the only temple in Khajuraho built in granite.Only 35 of the original 65 cells remain and no image of Kali has survived.

Chaunsath yogini temple to the southwest of the western group of temples in Khajuraho, near Chhatarpur in Chhatarpur District. Built in late 9th century, situated about three furlongs south of the Kandariya Mahadeva Temple, this monument belongs to a very rare class of temples, dedicated to the sixty-four Yoginis.The temple is the earliest temple of the group that has survived.