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Kailasa (Kaliash) temple lacks a dedicatory inscription, but there is no doubt that it was commissioned by a Rashtrakuta ruler. [7] Its construction is generally attributed to the Rashtrakuta king Krishna I (r. 756–773 AD), based on two epigraphs that link the temple to "Krishnaraja" (IAST Kṛṣṇarāja): [7] [8]
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]
Less than 1% of Hawaii’s 1.4 million residents are Hindus and on Kauai, the number of Hindus may not even How a massive all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple ended up on Hawaii's lush Kauai ...
Sivaya Subramuniyaswami moved his ashram to Kauai in 1970, establishing Kauai Aadheenam, on a riverbank near the foot of an extinct volcano. Also known as Kauai's Hindu Monastery, Kauai Aadheenam is a 382-acre (155 ha) temple-monastery complex on Hawaii's Garden Island.
Consecrated earlier this year, the monastery's Iraivan Temple and grounds took 33 years to complete, using 3.2 million pounds of granite from India — all constructed without modern tools or ...
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The Kailasa temple, part of the Ellora Caves. Some rock-cut architecture is excavated entirely in chambers under the surface of relatively level rock. This is especially common in rock-cut tombs. Excavations instead made into the side of a cliff or steep slope can feature an impressive facade, as in Lycian tombs, Petra, and the Ajanta Caves ...
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