Kailasa temple, ellora photos

It may not be officially declared as one of the best wonders of the world, but no one can deny the greatness of the Kailash Temple in Ellora. Situated about 30 km from the city of Aurangabad in Maharashtra, the rock-cave temple of Ellora is the largest monolithic structure in the world. It is believed that the Kailash Temple at Ellora has striking similarities to the Virupaksha temple of northern Karnataka. The Kailash Temple is the sixteenth cave, and it is one of the 32 cave temples and monasteries forming the magnanimous Ellora Caves. As per the historical records, it was built by the 8th century Rashtrakuta King Krishna I between the year 756 and 773 AD. Further, the non- Rashtrakuta style temples located close-by denote the involvement of Pallava and Chalukya artists. • Kolkata Bangkok Highway likely to open in coming 4 years; details inside • Delhi-Leh: Country’s highest altitude bus service is back on the road • Tokyo all set to open new Harry Potter theme park today In all likelihood, it is believed that the architects of Virupaksha temple contributed in making the Kailash Temple. And given the architects already had the design and model ready, it would have taken lesser efforts to build a temple of such magnitude in the lifetime of one monarch. And here are a few mind-boggling facts about the Kailash Temple at Ellora: • The Kailash temple at Ellora was made by the Rashtrakuta dynasty as a temple for Lord Shiva. Perhaps, it was meant to be a lookalike of Mount Kail...

Obeisance to the golden-wombed Lord, the Creator of everything. Obeisance to Thee, the Sustainer, the Omnipresent and the Omniscient, Obeisance to Thee of Destroyer’s form, the Annihilator of living beings. Lord Shiva- the most mysterious, the bestower of salvation, the primordial, possesses such a miraculous personality that makes Him off-centre from any other god. So is the matter with his temples that are best known for their gigantic, indelible structure. Imagine a temple, to build which 400,000 tons of rock was scooped out, covering an area of 60,000 square feet, and rising to a height of about 100 feet, taking almost 150 years to complete! Doesn’t this give you goosebumps? Or make your heart terrified? Sounds like a fanciful Tollywood Epic film shot! But that’s what happened when the enormous structure of Kailasa temple in Ellora came into existence. It was the month of September in the year 2014 when I had an opportunity to visit this incredible temple of lord Shiva. I took an overnight Awestruck by the architectural mastery of Mughal period, I finally reached the place that filled my heart with spiritual and transcendental enlightenment for eternity. As it wasn’t a time of summer or Diwali vacation in India, the Kailasa temple did not have a large number of tourists. Most of the tourists were students from European universities who were doing research in Architecture or History. I found them touching and feeling the rocks with their experienced fingers a number of ...

It may not be officially declared as one of the best wonders of the world, but no one can deny the greatness of the Kailash Temple in Ellora. Situated about 30 km from the city of Aurangabad in Maharashtra, the rock-cave temple of Ellora is the largest monolithic structure in the world. It is believed that the Kailash Temple at Ellora has striking similarities to the Virupaksha temple of northern Karnataka. The Kailash Temple is the sixteenth cave, and it is one of the 32 cave temples and monasteries forming the magnanimous Ellora Caves. As per the historical records, it was built by the 8th century Rashtrakuta King Krishna I between the year 756 and 773 AD. Further, the non- Rashtrakuta style temples located close-by denote the involvement of Pallava and Chalukya artists. • Kolkata Bangkok Highway likely to open in coming 4 years; details inside • Delhi-Leh: Country’s highest altitude bus service is back on the road • Tokyo all set to open new Harry Potter theme park today In all likelihood, it is believed that the architects of Virupaksha temple contributed in making the Kailash Temple. And given the architects already had the design and model ready, it would have taken lesser efforts to build a temple of such magnitude in the lifetime of one monarch. And here are a few mind-boggling facts about the Kailash Temple at Ellora: • The Kailash temple at Ellora was made by the Rashtrakuta dynasty as a temple for Lord Shiva. Perhaps, it was meant to be a lookalike of Mount Kail...

Obeisance to the golden-wombed Lord, the Creator of everything. Obeisance to Thee, the Sustainer, the Omnipresent and the Omniscient, Obeisance to Thee of Destroyer’s form, the Annihilator of living beings. Lord Shiva- the most mysterious, the bestower of salvation, the primordial, possesses such a miraculous personality that makes Him off-centre from any other god. So is the matter with his temples that are best known for their gigantic, indelible structure. Imagine a temple, to build which 400,000 tons of rock was scooped out, covering an area of 60,000 square feet, and rising to a height of about 100 feet, taking almost 150 years to complete! Doesn’t this give you goosebumps? Or make your heart terrified? Sounds like a fanciful Tollywood Epic film shot! But that’s what happened when the enormous structure of Kailasa temple in Ellora came into existence. It was the month of September in the year 2014 when I had an opportunity to visit this incredible temple of lord Shiva. I took an overnight Awestruck by the architectural mastery of Mughal period, I finally reached the place that filled my heart with spiritual and transcendental enlightenment for eternity. As it wasn’t a time of summer or Diwali vacation in India, the Kailasa temple did not have a large number of tourists. Most of the tourists were students from European universities who were doing research in Architecture or History. I found them touching and feeling the rocks with their experienced fingers a number of ...