Parshvanatha temple, Khajuraho

Parshvanatha temple
Parshvanatha temple
Religion
Affiliation	Jainism
District	Chhatarpur
Deity	Parshvanatha
Location
Location	Khajuraho
State	Madhya Pradesh
Country	India
Location in Madhya Pradesh, India Show map of Madhya Pradesh Parshvanatha temple, Khajuraho (India) Show map of India
Geographic coordinates	24°50′41″N 79°56′12″E / 24.8448503°N 79.9365747°E / 24.8448503; 79.9365747
Architecture
Creator	Dhanga
Date established	950–970 CE
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name: Khajuraho Group of Monuments
Criteria	Cultural: (i)(iii)
Designated	1986 (session)
Reference no.	240

Parshvanatha temple (IAST: Pārśvanātha Mandir) is a 10th-century Jain temple at Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh, India. It is now dedicated to Parshvanatha, although it was probably built as an Adinatha shrine during the Chandela period. Despite the temple's Jain affiliation, its exterior walls feature Vaishnavaite themes. The entrance has an inscription with a most-perfect magic square. It is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with other temples in the Khajuraho Group of Monuments, because of its outstanding art, architecture, and testimony of the Chandela period.^[1]