Varaha Temple, Khajuraho

The temple is located in the Western Group of Temple Complex Khajuraho Group of Monuments, a World Heritage Site inscribed by UNESCO in 1986 because of its outstanding architecture and testimony to the Chandela dynasty.

[1][2] Khajuraho is a small village in Chattarpur District of Madhya Pradesh, India.

[1] Vishnu appeared in the form of a boar in order to defeat Hiranyaksha, a demon who had taken the Earth (represented as the goddess Bhudevi) and carried her to the bottom of the cosmic ocean.

It has an oblong pavilion with a pyramidal roof of receding tiers, resting on fourteen plain pillars.

The sculpture carved between nose and mouth, depicts goddess Saraswati carrying Veena in her arms.