File:The Legend of Kailasa Temple, Ellora.jpg
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English: The Kailasa or Kailashanatha temple is the largest monolithic rock-cut structure in the world carved in the 16th cave of 32 caves located in Ellora Caves, Aurangabad, Maharashtra. Carved out of single basalt rock from Charanandri Hills, it is one of the exceptional temples of India owing to its massive size, amazing architecture and mind-boggling carvings. With its intricate designs on panels, monolithic pillars and statues of animals and deities, Kailasa Temple is an engineering marvel perfect for history and architecture lovers.
The rock temple was cut in 'U' shape about 50 meters in the back, and it was estimated about 2, 00,000 tones of rock was removed to give shape to it. The archaeologists had calculated that it would have taken more than a hundred years to finish the temple construction. However, in reality it took only 18 years to complete it. Interestingly, modern age engineers find it impossible to finish the same temple using the modern technology in 18 years! 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.
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This photo was taken during one of my visit to Aurangabad and Ellora Caves and Kailasa Temple are a must visit place because of its historical importance and engineering marvel.
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