Bundelkhand - Khajuraho

Duladeo (Shiva) temple, Khajuraho dating to early 12th century AD against a watercolour sky on a September evening.

Bundelkhand - Raneh Falls, Khajuraho

Ken river, seen from the Chattarpur Panna Highway. This point is upstream of the Bariyarpur Dam which diverts Ken's water into a canal system. The Ken-Betwa Link project proposes to dam Ken's waters upstream of this point and transport it via underground and surface canals to the Betwa river to the west. See a critique of this project here

Downstream of the dam, the water in the Ken is much reduced. This is what it looks like at the Raneh falls ( On September 30th 2009 when the monsoon is all but over)

 Ken flows through the canyon for several kms from this fall. Our guide, Pushpendra Singh Parmar tells us that this is the site of an ancient volcano.

 The rocks come in dramatic colours - brown (quartz), pink (granite), black (dolomite), red (basalt) and white (marble). The picture below shows some of the colours.

Bundelkhand - Sunset near Khajuraho

A September sunset near Khajuraho