A whopping sum of Rs 25 crore would be spent to give a face-lift and develop tourist facilities in the state's most sought after foreign tourist destination - Khajuraho - the largest group of medieval temples with errotic sculptures.

Indian Oil Foundation of the Indian Oil Corporation ( IOC) has chipped in by making financial contribution to the National Cultural Fund to illuminate, develop landscape as part of the corporate social responsibility. Besides, the contribution will go towards development of a host of facilities, including tourist amenities zone, internet cafe, open sky stadium, modern toilets and meditation hall at Khajuraho - an Archaeology Survey of India (ASI) protected site. 

As per a TOI report, a dormitory of 60 rooms would come up near the southern group of temples, Khajuraho ASI conservation assistant Rahul Tiwari said. The dormitory would be let out at a reasonable price on no-profit no-loss methodology.

He said that dormitory is being developed keeping in mind the average tourists, who visit the Khajuraho, one of the most popular tourist destinations and listed as an UNESCO World Heritage Site and considered to be one of the seven wonders of the country.

Tiwari said the facelift and tourist facilities work would begin from the next year.

We have already acquired land for the work around the temples, he added. After Taj Mahal and Jaipur, Khajuraho is the third most frequented tourist spot in the country.