dedicated to Shiva, one to Surya, one to the Sixty-four Yoginis and 5 temples belong to the Jain Digambara faith.
More temples were constructed at Khajuraho, many of whose epigraphs and sculptures remain. A large image of Hanuman with a 922 AD inscription suggests the worship of Hanuman too.
Major Cunningham found an image of Buddha in the eastern side of Khajuraho. The image has an inscription belonging to the Buddhist faith "Ye dharma hetu prabhava..." This suggests Buddhism might have been prevalent in Khajuraho, though perhaps on a limited scale. Eleventh century Vajrayana Buddhist images have been found at Mahoba, a town about 65 km from Khajuraho. In the recent excavations at the Bijamandala mound in the southern area of Khajuraho, there are signs of what seems to be a Shiva temple of the early eleventh century. Along with the images of Shiva and Vishnu, some Jain images have also been excavated.
The Jain group of temples, found in the eastern part of Khajuraho, were patronized by the Jain merchants, who belonged to the sect of Digambaras. The temples were dedicated to Tirthankaras Adinatha (Rishabhanatha), Parshvanatha (installed later in 1860), and Shantinatha. A large image of 14 feet in height of Shantinatha has an inscription from AD 1027-28. Several independent donors installed images of Tirthankaras. Several images of Jain Yakshis and Kshetrapalas can also be seen in the temples and also as independent sculptures, which are now kept in museums. A magic square is found on the door of the Parashvanatha temple, in which the numbers are arranged in such a way that their sum, in any direction is always thirty four. Some pillars with images of Jain divinity are found to the south of the Yogini temple.
There is also a popular belief that erroneously associates Khajuraho with the extreme Tantric sect of the Kapalikas. Kapalikas hated Brahmins, and it is believed they had their food in the skulls
