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{{short description|Hindu temple of Shiva in Khajuraho, India}}
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{{Infobox Hindu temple
| name = Brahma Temple
| image = File:Brahma Temple Khajuraho.jpg
| alt = Brahma Temple
| caption = Brahma Temple
| country = [[India]]
| state = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| district = [[Chhatarpur district|Chattarpur]]
| location = [[Khajuraho Group of Monuments|Khajuraho]]
| elevation_m =
| deity = [[Shiva]]
| festivals=
| architecture = [[Nagara architecture]]
| temple_quantity = 1
| inscriptions =
| year_completed = 9th/10th century
| creator = [[Chandela]]
| website =
}}

'''Brahma Temple''' is a ninth or early tenth century temple and is located at [[Chhatarpur]] in [[Madhya Pradesh]], India. Although titled after the Hindu god [[Brahma]], the temple is dedicated to [[Shiva]]. This temple, along with many others form the [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]] of [[Khajuraho Group of Monuments]].

==Background==
The temple is located on the banks of Khajuraho Sagar lake. It is incorrectly called Brahma Temple; the ''[[garbhagriha]]'' (sanctum) of the temple contains a [[Mukhalinga|four faced ''lingam'']], the symbol of [[Shiva]], and local worshippers mistook this for a sculpture of [[Brahma]], who has four faces.{{sfn|Dharma|p=18}} The western windows and the central positions of the lintels of the ''garbhagriha'' contain figures of [[Vishnu]]. However, the stones from which they are made are different from the stones which are used to build the temple.{{sfn|Dharma|p=18}}

The temple was built in either ninth and earlier half of the tenth century.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brahma Temple |url=http://www.asibhopal.nic.in/monument/chhatarpur_khajuraho_brahmatemple.html |publisher=ASI |accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref>{{sfn|Dharma|p=19}}

==Architecture==
[[File:Idol inside Brahma Temple Khajuraho.jpg|thumb|''[[Lingam|Shiva linga]]'' inside the temple]]
The Brahma temple is one of the various surviving temples in the [[Khajuraho Group of Monuments|Khajuraho temple complex]]. Unlike most of the other temples, which are made of [[grainstone]], this temple is made of [[granite]].{{sfn|Deva|p=5}} The plan of this temple is similar to that of the [[Lalguan Mahadeva temple]]. These temples were built during a period in which a transition was occurring from granite to sandstone.{{sfn|Deva|p=67}}

According to the [[Archaeological Survey of India]], the plan of this temple is simpler compared to the other temples of Khajuraho. The ''[[shikhara]]'' (the tower over the chamber in which the deity is kept) is made of sandstone.{{sfn|Deva|p=72}} The temple originally consisted of a porch and a ''garbhagriha''. The porch has been destroyed and only the ''garbhagriha'' remains which is crowned by the ''shikhara''. Externally, the ''garbhagriha'' is cruciform in shape and contains projections in each side. Internally, it is square in shape and rests on 12 pilasters of granite. The eastern projection contains the main doorway, and the western projection contains a smaller doorway. Latticed windows are present on the remaining two lateral projections.{{sfn|Deva|p=72}}

The main doorway is largely unornamented. It only contains a sculpture of the ''[[trimurti]]'' on the lintel and [[Ganga in Hinduism|Ganga]] and [[Yamuna in Hinduism|Yamuna]] at the base.{{sfn|Deva|p=72}}

==References==
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===Bibliography===
*{{cite book|title=Khajuraho|last=Deva|first=Krishna|publisher=[[Archaeological Survey of India]]|date=2002|url=https://archive.org/details/khajuraho00kris/page/96?q=khajuraho}}
*{{cite book|title=A Guide To Khajuraho|last=Dhama|first=B.L.|publisher=Times of India|date=1927|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208008/page/n31?q=brahma+khajuraho}}

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