Wender·Vista
Khajuraho Group of Monuments
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileIndia
in Madhya Pradesh, central India

Khajuraho Group of Monuments

— — stone that learned every gesture the body has.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“Twenty-odd sandstone temples in a clearing on the Bundelkhand plateau, all that remain of about eighty-five built by the Chandela kings between 950 and 1050. The carvings are famous for one register of subject matter and overlooked for the rest, the gods and musicians and hunters and the daily traffic of a courtly world. The site sits quietly between visits.

from the studio
Khajuraho Group of Monuments
— bring it home

Khajuraho Group of Monuments, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Khajuraho Group of Monuments

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Khajuraho lies in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, about 600 kilometres southeast of Delhi on the Bundelkhand plateau. The temples were built between roughly 950 and 1050 CE by the Chandela dynasty in the nagara style of north Indian Hindu architecture. About 25 of the original 85 survive, divided into Western, Eastern, and Southern groups. The Kandariya Mahadev, tallest at around 31 metres, is the largest and most elaborately carved. UNESCO inscribed the site in 1986. Khajuraho Airport (HJR) takes direct flights from Delhi and Varanasi.

— the stone

The temples are cut from buff-coloured sandstone quarried locally and joined without mortar. Each sits on a raised platform (jagati) carrying a sequence of sanctum, vestibule, hall, and porch beneath a clustered tower (shikhara) that rises in scaled-down replicas of itself. The exterior bands hold thousands of figures: gods, attendants, mithuna couples, lions, dancers. Roughly ten percent of the surviving carvings are erotic, which is the share most often reproduced. The Archaeological Survey of India maintains the Western Group inside a ticketed enclosure with cut grass and gravel paths.

— the visit

The Western Group is open daily from sunrise to sunset, with an entry fee for non-Indian visitors (₹600; ₹40 for SAARC citizens; free for children under 15). A nightly sound-and-light show runs in two languages on the lawn opposite the Lakshmana temple. The Khajuraho Dance Festival, held the last week of February at the temple platform, brings classical performers from across India. The site is reached by direct flight from Delhi or Varanasi; the nearest large rail station is Mahoba, 64 kilometres north.

— where
India · Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh
— elevation
282 m · 925 ft
— position
24.8318° N · 79.9199° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
30 km E
Panna National Park
tiger reserve
20 km NE
Raneh Falls
canyon and falls
64 km N
Mahoba
Chandela-era town
170 km NW
Orchha
Bundela palace town
N
Khajuraho Group of Monuments
Panna National Park
Raneh Falls
Mahoba
Orchha
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Khajuraho Group of Monuments — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

A group of medieval Hindu and Jain temples in Madhya Pradesh, India, built by the Chandela dynasty between about 950 and 1050 CE. About 25 of an original 85 survive, divided into Western, Eastern, and Southern groups.

For their dense exterior carving in the nagara style and for a minority of erotic sculptures that draw most of the photographs. The Kandariya Mahadev temple, around 31 metres tall, is the largest and most elaborate of the surviving structures.

Between roughly 950 and 1050 CE, during the peak of Chandela rule over the Bundelkhand region of central India. After the dynasty's decline the site was largely abandoned to forest until British engineer T.S. Burt re-reported it in 1838.

Yes. UNESCO inscribed the Khajuraho Group of Monuments as a World Heritage site in 1986 under criteria (i) and (iii), citing the artistic quality of the temples and their value as evidence of a vanished culture.

By direct flight to Khajuraho Airport (HJR) from Delhi or Varanasi, or by road from Jhansi (175 kilometres) and Mahoba (64 kilometres), the nearest sizeable rail stations. The Western Group of temples is walking distance from the small town that has grown alongside.

— about the piece in your home

It travels well to people who know Bundelkhand or who studied Indian temple architecture. A Medium tile reads the carved facade clearly across a room; a Small with a handwritten note from the studio also carries well.

Warm-neutral and earth-toned rooms: terracotta, deep brick, oxblood, raw linen. Also at home in Indo-modern and global-eclectic interiors where wood and stone already carry the palette of the artwork.

Yes. The sandstone palette reads as quiet warmth against off-white walls and pale oak, and the dense pattern gives a single Large or a Mural enough visual weight to anchor a wall without competing with textiles.

A single Large reads from across the room; a 4-tile Mural fills a standard sofa width; a 9-tile Mural carries a long console or a stair landing. For a desk or nightstand, the Keepsake or Small reads best.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so steam and splash will not affect it. The satin finish also resists scratches in vertical installations.

A soft microfibre cloth with water is all you need. No abrasives, no ammonia-based cleaners, no scouring pads. The colour lives in the surface beneath a thin glossy finish and will not fade or scratch under normal household use.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to the studio, painted by Reid Wender and produced in-house in Knoxville, Tennessee. No third-party licensing and no stock photography is involved at any stage of production.

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