The ancient and beautiful temple of Vishwanath considered one of the most beautiful and famous temples of Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh that. It belongs to the Western Group of temples famous Khadzhuharo, and is located on the northeast of its territory. Vishwanath was built as expected at the beginning of XI century.

The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva. And in its central part is the main value - a unique marble Shivalinga, a kind of symbol of Shiva, presented in the form of the statue. But apart from the deity in the temple is worshiped as Vishwanath and Nandi - bull-demigod who always accompanies Shiva, and at the same time it is considered a kind of "receptacle".

Besides Shiva and Nandi, the temple can be seen as the image of God Brahma. Particularly impressive, he looks with three heads and surrounded by elephants and lions.

The temple has a width of 13 meters and a length of more than 27 mi. Unfortunately, to this day in a fairly good state of preservation only two main buildings. Their architectural style is so unique that they are beneficial to stand out against the rest of the complex of temples. South Gate Vishwanath "protect" large stone elephants, and the northern gate of "guard" lions.

Vishwanath famous marvelous carved panels - the outer wall of the temple is decorated with hundreds of fabulous figures carved from stone, depicting animals, plants, people, scenes of life. There you can see beautiful women, a group of musicians feast. And some scenes are very frank erotic nature. Some scholars believe that the temple was built as a symbol of eternal heavenly union of Shiva and his wife Parvati.