खिरिमिनहा बेयो दंदि बे सोहोरा सानदेलानि गिबि खुंगिरि सानदरबरमाननि सिमांनि फिथाइमोन , जेराव बियो गावनि बिमा हेमाबतिखौ नुदोंमोन , जाय बिखौ मोनदिरफोर लुनो बिथोनहोदोंमोन जाय मानसि हासथायथिखौ मिथिहोगोन ।
Legend has it that this town was the result of the dream of the first ruler of Chandela Chandarvarman in which he saw his mother Hemavati who instructed him to construct temples that would reveal human passion .