Kailasa Temple (Underground temple)-Largest Cantilevered Rock ceiling (mystery) in the World.Approx. 400,000 tons of rock had to be removed from site
HOW DID WORKERS, THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO,USING ONLY HAMMERS, CHISELS AND PICKS MANAGE TO CARVE OUT THIS TEMPLE ? The kailasa temple is one of the largest Indian rock-cut ancient Hindu Temples located in Ellora Caves,Maharashtra,India.Its affiliation is Hinduism. According to the Archeological Survey Of India,it took 200 years and 10 generationsto complete the work of this temple. The Temple is Megalith -curved out from a single rock.It is considered as one of the most remarkable Cave temples in the World because of its size ,architecture and sculptural treatment . The Kailasa temple(cave 16) is one of the 34 cave temples and monasteries known collectively as Ellora caves.The archtecture of pallava and chalukya style. It could have been constructed by the Vertical Excavation method. Carvers started at the top of the Rock and excavated Downwards. The Temple was planned and its construction started under the Rashtrakuta ki...