Khajuraho Temples are among the most beautiful medieval monuments in the country. These temples were built by the Chandel ruler between AD 900 and 1130. It was the golden period of Chandel rulers. It is presumed that it was every Chandel ruler has built at least one temple in his lifetime. So all Khajuraho Temples are not constructed by any single Chandel ruler but Temple building was a tradition of Chandel rulers and followed by almost all rulers of Chandel dynasty

Khajuraho temple in the central Indian region was under the control of the Muslim rulers of the 13th to 18th century. Temples were insulted and destroyed in this era. For example, in 1495 CE, Sikandar Lodhi destroyed the Khajuraho temples on the strength of his military power. But later, the people of Hindu and Jain religion gathered together to protect the Khajuraho temple.

In 1830, the local surveyor T.S. Burt. But later Alexander Cunningham said that most of the use of Khajuraho temples was used by Hindu yogis and thousands of Hindu and Jain religion used to visit Shivratri every year in the month of February and March. In 1852, Massey also made artwork of Khajuraho temples