While not competing in size and erotica with the western-enclosure temples, Parsvanath Temple, the largest of the Jain temples in the walled enclosure, is notable for the exceptional precision of its construction as well as for its sculptural beauty. Some of the best preserved of Khajuraho’s most famous images can be seen here, including the woman removing a thorn from her foot and another applying eye makeup, both on the southern side.
Although the temple was originally dedicated to Adinath, a jet-black image of Parsvanath was substituted about a century ago. Both an inscription on the mahamandapa doorway and its similarities with the slightly simpler Lakshmana Temple date it to AD 950–70.
