The Kiradu temples

The Kiradu temples are a group of ruined Hindu temples located in the Barmer district of Rajasthan, India. Kiradu town is located in the Thar Desert, about 35 km from Barmer and 157 km from Jaisalmer. The ruins of at least five temples exist at Kiradu.

Coordinates: 25°45′10″N 71°05′52″E / 25.7528°N 71.0977°E

Thousands of people became statues.

A dead city.

Ancient city- desert and sand everywhere.

During the night, fear is everywhere here.

Nobody stays here for the night.

Different cries of animals are heard here at night. Nobody stays for the night. Carvings depict Samundar manthan. Each pillar of the temple has a story.

I. (The Carving)
The chisel's kiss, a lover's deep design,
On sun-warmed blocks of interlocking red.
A silent, stone and ecstatic divine,
Where every glance a universe has read.

II. (The Curse)
The sun departs, the desert cools its breath,
And shadows weave a curse the locals know.
This "Khajuraho" courted by a death,
Where ruins live, and living dare not go.

III. (The Legacy)
Not just a haunt for spectres of the air,
But for the ghosts of empire, lost and vast,
A Solanki dream in ruins, standing there,
Whose beautiful, stone heart was made to last.