Chausath Yogini temple, Khajuraho
Chausath Yogini temple, Khajuraho
The Chausath Yogini temple is a ruined
Devi temple in the Khajuraho town of
Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the oldest
surviving temple at Khajuraho. Unlike the
Chausath Yogini temples at other places,
it has a rectangular plan.
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Through the ages, certain places in the world are considered sacred places, axis mundi where the devotees can easily communicate with the divine.
The Yoginis are mentioned in various Puranas such as Candi Purana, Skanda Purana, Devi Bhagavata Purana, Mahabhagavata Purana, Kalika Purana, and Agni Purana. Some of these Puranas talk about the Yoginis as emerging from the body of the Devi, being the manifestation of different aspects of the Devi, or being her attendants. Most texts don't provide an explanation of the Yoginis but rather give names of the sixty-four Yoginis.
Around the 10th century these mysterious entities surfaced in dramas, romances and other secular texts. In those cases they are mostly depicted as sorceresses having magical powers, such as being able to transform men into animals. The appellation of Yoginis was used as a synonym for Dakinis and Sakinis and other powerful and frightening beings. These stories may have been inspired by practices that supposedly had the power of creation and destruction: (By meditating) for six months or a year on the centre (chakra) of eight petals in a fluid state at the juncture of the skull at the base of the hair ... One also becomes capable of creating and destroying like the Yoginis. (Kaulajñananirnaya 16-18ab).
If the Yoginis were named in earlier works, it is in the KJN that the idea of a group of entities or energies as a concrete source of knowledge is first presented. The text often refers to them as sixty-four or eight times eight , but also as fifty-eight in one occasion. The Sri Mattotara Tantra mentions a group of eighty-one Yoginis as protectors of royalty. A round open sky temple with forty-two niches in Duddhai conveys the idea that a group of forty-two was venerated.
The generic name of Yoginis was probably not related to the Yoga ascetics that are found in paintings of the 18th century but rather associated with the idea of union that derives from the word Yoga. Thus, the Yoginis are supposed to carry an intrinsic force (Kula , i.e. divine energy, Shakti) that when it circulates among the group creates oneness within the chakras in the macro and micro cosmos (i.e Universe and our physical body).
Stella Dupuis (author of The Yogini temples of India, In the pursuit of a mystery)
Chausath Yogini Temple Khajuraho Madhya Pradesh
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CHAUSATH YOGINI TEMPLE Khajuraho
CHAUSATH YOGINI TEMPLE
This is the earliest surviving building at Khajuraho. The temple has three marked peculiarities,firstly it is built entirely of coarse-grained granite, whereas the remaining temples are built either of granite and sandstone mixed together or of the sandstone exclusively.Secondly, it faces north unlike other temples which in traditional way face east.Thirdly, it is rectangular in plan, though all the Yogini temples found elsewhere are circular.
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Chausath Yogini Temple is one of the oldest heritage sites in India. It was built in the 10th Century AD by the Kalachuri kingdom and has a distinct resemblance to the temples of Khajuraho in structure.The temple is the abode of Goddess Durga along with 64 yoginis. A Yogini is a female attendant of the mother goddess, who slays illusion with fiery passion through insight and liberation.It is located near the river Narmada and the famous Marble Rocks in Bhedaghat, some 5 km from Jabalpur, Madhya pradesh. Though the temple has been partially damaged, it speaks greatly of the ancient dynasties that ruled in Jabalpur
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CHAUSHATH YOGINI TEMPLE, INDIA
Chausath Yogini Temple is one of the oldest heritage sites in India. It was built in the 10th Century AD by the Kalachuri kingdom and has a distinct resemblance to the temples of Khajuraho in structure. The temple is the abode of Goddess Durga along with 64 yoginis. A Yogini is a female attendant of the mother goddess, who slays illusion with fiery passion through insight and liberation. It is located near the river Narmada and the famous Marble Rocks in Bhedaghat, some 5 km from Jabalpur, Madhya pradesh. Though the temple has been partially damaged, it speaks greatly of the ancient dynasties that ruled in Jabalpur.
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Chausat Yogini Temple at Mitaoli (Morena) in Madhya Pradesh
Here’s something from my visit to the 11th Century ‘Chausat (64) Yogini Temple’ at Mitaoli (Morena) near Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh. Like other Yogini temples, this was probably a tantric temple and the hypaethral architecture (without a roof) was meant to worship the 5 elements of nature.
For those who do knot know, a Yogini temple is the one where the female goddess is celebrated and worshipped in all her forms - rage, sadness, happiness and so on. It’s not the only Chausati Yogini in the country and there is another very famous one at Hirapur, Odisha.
This temple was also a school for education in astrology and mathematics, and not just a place for worship.
The temple now has a Shiva idol inside the sanctum sanatorium as well as in the 64 chambers on the outer periphery. However, originally they housed Yogini idols (hence the name) which are nowhere to be found now. Any guesses on what might have happened?
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I visited Chausath Yogini Temple in September 2017 . I could really feel the divine ambience. It is one of the oldest heritage sites in India. built by the Kalachuri kingdom in the 10th Century AD and the architecture resembles to the temples of Khajuraho in structure.The temple is the abode of Goddess Durga along with 64 yoginis. A Yogini means a female attendant of the mother goddess.The temple is partialy damaged which shows that there had been invasions by great dynasties. It is located near the river Narmada and the famous Marble Rocks in Bhedaghat, Jabalpur, Madhya pradesh.
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Some Tantra texts describe the Yoginis as the deities of directions. Legends convey stories about Yoginis dwelling at crossroads because they love to be part of crucial moments in the life of humans. Travellers arriving at a crossroad could loose their goal and take unexpected paths. When the Yoginis displayed their plurality, the traveller’s mind could become overwhelmed, and fall under their spell. But by venerating and meditating on the Yoginis the person would have transcend diversity and reach the inner unmovable Self. S.D.
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This site is on the right side of the Yamuna river not far from Lokhari Yogini site.
64 योगिनी मंदिर: मुरैना के इस मंदिर से ली गई संसद की रुपरेखा! | 64 Yogini Temple, Madhya Pradesh
64 Yogini Temple of Mitawali in Morena is one of the rarest Hindu temples in India. After climbing 200 steps, one reaches to the entrance of the temple. The temple is formed by a circular wall with 64 chambers and an open mandapa in the centre. Each of the 64 chambers has Shivling placed in it. It is said that the design of the Indian Parliament is inspired by this temple.
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मध्यप्रदेश के मुरैना में स्थित 64 योगिनी मंदिर अपनी तरह का इकलौता मंदिर है। लगभग 200 सीढ़ियां चढ़ने के बाद इस खूबसूरत मंदिर तक पहुंचा जा सकता है। मंदिर के बीच में एक खुला हुआ मंडप है, जिसमें एक विशाल शिवलिंग है। उसके इर्द-गिर्द बने 64 कमरों में भी शिवलिंग हैं, जहां पहले योगिनियों की मूर्तियां हुआ करती थीं। ऐतिहासिक रूप से देवी दुर्गा की सहयोगियों को योगिनी कहा जाता था। लोगों का यह भी मानना है कि ये 64 योगिनी मंदिर तंत्र विद्या का केंद्र भी हुआ करता था। कहते हैं कि शिल्पकार एडविन लुटियंस ने इसी मंदिर को आधार बनाकर संसद भवन की रूपरेखा बनाई थी।
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