Kailash Temple (Cave 16)
India /
Maharashtra /
Khuldabad /
World
/ India
/ Maharashtra
/ Khuldabad
World / India / Maharashtra / Aurangabad
temple, monument, sculpture, cave(s), ancient ruins
This is Cave No. 16 of the Ellora UNESCO Site.
This UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of the 34 monasteries and temples, extending over more than 2 km, that were dug side by side in the wall of a high basalt cliff in the complex located at Ellora, Maharashtra, India, and represents the epitome of Indian rock-cut architecture. It is designed to recall Mount Kailash, the abode of Lord Shiva. While it exhibits typical Dravidian features, it was carved out of one single rock. It was built in the 8th century by the Rashtrakuta king Krishna I.
The Kailash Temple is notable for its vertical excavation - carvers started at the top of the original rock, and excavated downward, exhuming the temple out of the existing rock. It is estimated that about 200,000 tons of rocks was scooped out over hundreds of years to construct this monolithic structure.
The design of the temple was Inspired from the 7th Century Virupaksha Temple in another World Heritage Site at Hampi in Karnataka.
This UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of the 34 monasteries and temples, extending over more than 2 km, that were dug side by side in the wall of a high basalt cliff in the complex located at Ellora, Maharashtra, India, and represents the epitome of Indian rock-cut architecture. It is designed to recall Mount Kailash, the abode of Lord Shiva. While it exhibits typical Dravidian features, it was carved out of one single rock. It was built in the 8th century by the Rashtrakuta king Krishna I.
The Kailash Temple is notable for its vertical excavation - carvers started at the top of the original rock, and excavated downward, exhuming the temple out of the existing rock. It is estimated that about 200,000 tons of rocks was scooped out over hundreds of years to construct this monolithic structure.
The design of the temple was Inspired from the 7th Century Virupaksha Temple in another World Heritage Site at Hampi in Karnataka.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kailasa_Temple,_Ellora
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 20°1'25"N 75°10'45"E
- Ellora Caves 1.5 km
- Balaji Mandir 4.4 km
- Mhaismal 6.5 km
- Pinakeshwar Mandir (Janaerdhar Swami Maharaj) Bolthan 40 km
- गंगानंदगिरी महाराज आश्रम / GANGANAND GIRI ASHRAM-RAJDEHARE,CHALISGAON 45 km
- NAGAD TAKT 46 km
- Shiv Mandir 50 km
- Shani Maharaj of Nastanpur 52 km
- Manikpunj Fort / किल्ले माणिकपुंज 53 km
- Biroba Maharaj Mandir 71 km
- Ellora 1.6 km
- Khuldabad fort 2.4 km
- Mhaismal Hills 5.1 km
- kassab kheda 5.4 km
- Mategaon Dam 5.5 km
- rangmahal 7.6 km
- Jagdish Gujar Dam 7.9 km
- tisgon 13 km
- Deogaon Dam 13 km
- Shivna Takli Medium Project. 14 km
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