अरावली का खजुराहो | Erotic temples of India - Neelkanth | Sariska | Awara Musafir Diaries 57

2,300 views · Published 5 February 2017 · 17:01 · Indexed 26 September 2026

Channel: Awara Musafir · 2017 · Travel & Events

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Neelkanth temple is lonely, deep inside a jungle valley of Sariska National Park and Tiger Reserve in Alwar, Rajasthan. Locals say it is there from the time of Mahabharata and Pandavas had established the temple. Actually, in this area especially the Sariska National Park, there are a few places which are attributed to Pandavas, Pandu Pole being the most famous one. Its said that more recently, King Ajaipal built the Neelkanth temple in 1010 A.D. By that account, this temple is almost contemporary to Khajuraho temples. Neelkanth is Shiva temple (most prominent of Khajuraho temples is the Kandariya Mahadev Temple, which is also a Shiva temple). But unlike Kandariya Mahadev Temple, this Neelkanth temple is a functioning temple, where pujas are performed regularly. This place is a treasure trove of archaeological findings and perhaps Neelkanth is a part of it. It is said that this valley used to have 360 temples at some point of time in history. Most of them were destroyed- either by attackers, pirates, looters or got weathered down. One can still see ruins of many temples scattered around in this area. Sculptures at Neelkanth are in many ways similar to Khajuraho temples- in postures as well as human figures. Eroticism in the sculptures is quite similar to Khajuraho as well.

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