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Shantinath Temple of Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh is a major temple among one of the Jain group of temples. The local community people of surrounding villages as well as visitors pay homage to God in this temple throughout the year, apart from those other sacred events and ceremonies also done in this temple on special occasions. Depending on its historical significance and stories behind the temple it is believed to be the temple as living or alive. Although, in recent times for the sake of protecting the monuments in materialistic way, the ethical value of conserving the living heritage is being somehow affected in broader context. From prevention of entering to the temple grounds to restriction of entry to a limited area visit which causing a barrier between the direct interaction of communities and intangibility of the heritage. Some other factors are also affecting the conservational ethics of living heritage, which are also tried to highlight through a study on the particular temple. Visiting the temple, observing the current situations, and collecting other necessary data from both field and online, this research study will try to highlight some of the methodological problem in conservation on the certain living heritage site as a whole.

Tangible heritage, Intangible heritage, Living Heritage, Khajuraho, Heritage Conservation