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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 king Dantidurga but its major work was done during the reign of Krishna 1(r.756-773 CE).


This  Temple is Twice the Area of the   Parthenon in Greece and 50% taller (Parthenon is former temple on the Athenian Acropolis dedicated to goddess Athena.).It has the largest Cantilevered Rock Ceiling in the World.
 
This Temple complex structure comprises of Shrines..The North court has shrines dedicated to Goddess Ganga and Yamuna and also Lokeshwara-form of Lord Shiva.

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