Khajuraho is a small but modernized village situated in the Chhatarpur District of Madhya Pradesh in Central India, played an important role as one of the capitals of the Chandellas, with its famous group of magnificent temples with sculptures, built between the 9th and 12th century AD, became the religious city of Chandellas. The Chandellas were devoted worshipers of both Vishnu and Siva. Vishnu is variously worshipped as Vaikunthanatha, Vamana, Trivikrama, Lakshmana, Adimurti, Hayagriva, Lakshmi-Narayana, Surya-Narayana, Krishna, Visvarupa, and so on. The Lakshmana, Vamana, and Javari temples of Khajuraho are dedicated to Vishnu.
Chapters I and II deal with the location and general history of Chandel las and Chapter III is written on the Characteristics of temples in general and Vishnu temples at Khajuraho. Chapter IV dealt in detail with the worship of Vishnu, the Twenty- Four Forms of Vishnu, and other forms of Vishnu namely Adimurti, Dattatreya, Gajendra moksha, Hayagriva, Lakshmi-Narayana, Surya Narayana, Vaikunthanatha and Vish vara. Chapter V deals with Minor Divinities namely Gaja-Lakshmi, Garuda, Hanuman, and Ayudhapurushas.
This work aims at presenting a detailed and systematic study of sculptures and iconography of Vishnu in particular based on Puranas and other ancient texts. This is a comprehensive study of the iconography of Vishnu with all the relevant details including major and minor forms of Vishnu. Although some books on sculptures have been published there prevailed a lacuna as far as comprehensive work on Vaishnavite sculpture from the iconographic point of view.