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The Kailasa temple (Cave 16) is the largest of the 34 Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain cave temples and monasteries known collectively as the Ellora Caves, ranging for over two kilometres (1.2 mi) along the sloping basalt cliff at the site. [5] Most of the excavation of the temple is generally attributed to the eighth century Rashtrakuta king Krishna ...
Ellora, also called Verul or Elura, is the short form of the ancient name Elloorpuram. [10] The older form of the name has been found in ancient references such as the Baroda inscription of 812 AD which mentions "the greatness of this edifice" and that "this great edifice was built on a hill by Krishnaraja at Elapura, the edifice in the inscription being the Kailasa temple. [3]
The 148-year-old Kailash Mandir at Etah was built by King Dil Sukh Rai Bahadur. [citation needed] Noah Kera village was known for marriage of Lord Sri Krishna with Rukmini. [citation needed]. Bhooteshwar is a place for Hindu bodies to be cremated.
The temple on the western side of the outer circle is built in Pancha-ratna style, with an eight-stepped porch. The temple rests on a 6 feet high base-altar, and the height of the temple is 35 feet. The present name of this temple is Jaleswar Mandir. There is a well in the center of both the circles, which meets the water needs of the temple ...
It is an imitation of the Taj Mahal at Agra and is popularly known as the "Taj of the Deccan". [ 20 ] The Tomb of Aurangzeb is located in the village of Khuldabad, 24 km (15 mi) to the north-west of Aurangabad city, in the south-eastern corner of the complex of the dargah of Sheikh Zainuddin . [ 21 ]
Ratna Temple - The curved roof of the temple is surmounted by one or more towers or pinnacles called ratna (jewel). The ratna style came up in the 15th-16th century. It was basically a mix of chala and deul architecture where small deul, or in some case domes, were used on the centre or corners of the chala (char chala) roof.
Radha Krishna Mandir Amsterdam (Saaftingestraat 310, 1069 BW Amsterdam) [2] Arulmigu Sri Arunachaleswarar Temple (Elbestraat 2, 1946 XH Beverwijk) Shri Radha Krishna Mandir (Jan van Gojenstraat 92, 2526 RM Den Haag) Shri Shiv Mandir (Nozemanstraat 3, 3023 TK Rotterdam) Murugan Temple, Roermond, the Netherlands
Dhanraj Giri (1811–1901) [1] was the abbot of Kailash Ashram, an ashram, which he established in 1880 at Muni Ki Reti, Rishikesh. [2] It was one of the first large ashrams to be established in Rishikesh, prior to which it was mostly as a place for individual seekers, or pilgrims to stop over on way to Char Dham temples pilgrimage. [ 3 ]