Kailasa Temple at Elora










The Kailasa Temple at Elora, Dist. Aurangabad Maharastra State, India- Is a masterpiece of temple architecture created by excavation, not construction.

Some 400,000 tones of rock were chiseled away to create the 90-foot monolithic tower.The temple covers an area of over 60,000 sq.feet. 

The temple itself is a tall pyramidic structure reminiscent of a South Indian temple. 

The shrine comlete with pillars, windows, inner and outer rooms, gathering halls, and an enormous stone lingam at its heart - is carved with niches, plasters, windows as well as images of deities, Mithunas and other figures.

Most of the deities at the left of the entrance are Shaivaite followers of Lord Shiva) while on the right hand side the deities are Vaishnavaites (followers of Lord Vishnu).


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