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The Kailasha ( IAST: Kailāśa) or Kailashanatha ( IAST: Kailāśanātha) temple is the largest of the rock-cut once a shiva temple modified to Buddhists by rulers at the Ellora Caves near Chhatrapati Sambhajingar district, Maharashtra of Maharashtra, India.
Cave 16 is the Kailasa temple of Ellora, which is the largest monolithic rock structure in the world. The Kailasa temple is 300 feet long and 175 feet wide, and it is carved out of a scarp that is over 100 feet high. Contrary to many other ancient rock structures, this temple complex was built from top to bottom rather than bottom to top.
Apr 2, 2018 · Kailasa Temple in Ellora, Maharashtra, India, is the world’s largest monolithic piece of art. Master craftspeople carved the gigantic structure from a single piece of solid rock in a cave on a mountainside. The entire building took more than two decades to carve.
Sep 8, 2019 · Kailasa temple at the Ellora Caves in India is a large cave temple created from one rock. This UNESCO World Heritage Site is covered with ornate decoration. It’s amazing what people were able to create hundreds of years ago, before modern technology existed.
Jun 16, 2017 · The Kailasa Temple [known also as the Kailasanatha (which translates as ‘Lord of Kailasa’) Temple] is an ancient Hindu temple located in the western Indian region of Maharashtra. This temple is part of the Ellora Caves, a religious complex consisting of 34 rock-cut monasteries and temples.
One of India’s greatest monuments, this astonishing temple, carved from solid rock, was built by King Krishna I in AD 760 to represent Mt Kailasa (Kailash), Shiva’s Himalayan abode. To say that the assignment was daring would be an understatement.
Apr 24, 2020 · The Kailasa Temple at the world-famous Ellora Caves in Maharashtra is not only spectacular for its craftsmanship; it was carved from top to bottom into a vertically excavated rocky cliff around 1,200 years ago.
