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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 ...
Outer view of the temple. The temple was built around 700 CE with additions in the 8th century and restorations in later centuries. It is the first structural temple built in South India by Narasimhavarman II (Rajasimha), also known as Rajasimha Pallaveswaram. [11] His son, Mahendravarman III, completed the front façade and the gopuram (tower).
Koneswaram temple, Chola-Pallava-Pandya rock cut black granite megalithic Shiva temple of Trincomalee, also known from medieval period as Thirukonamalai Konesar Kovil and Dakshina Kailasam Kailasanathar temple karaikal ,built by chola-pandya-pallava and renovated during British and French rule
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 temple is located in the village of Thingalur, 33 kilometres (21 mi) from Kumbakonam on the Kumbakonam - Thiruvayyar road and 18 km (11 mi) away from Thanjavur. [4] The temple has a recently built three-tiered rajagopuram surrounded by single prakaram, closed precincts of the temple.
This is the Kailashnath Mandir, Ellora in Maharashtra, India - ‘ A megalith carved out of one single rock ’! This temple was painstakingly carved top to bottom from a single ‘rock’! Image ...
Narasimhavarman II, popularly known as Rajasimha and as Rajamalla, was a Pallava monarch who reigned from 695 CE to 728 CE. [1] [2] He is credited with the construction of the Shore Temple Complex, the Isvara and Mukunda Temples in Mamallapuram, the Talagirisvara Temple in Panamalai and the Kailasanathar Temple in Kanchi.
The Kailashanatha temple is to the northwest side of the city, about 1.5 kilometers west of the Kanchi Kamakshi Amman temple. This is the floor plan of the Kailshanatha temple (Kailasnathar Shiva temple). It has seven outer attached small shrines, two small inner shrines flanking the main sanctum. It is a highly decorated ornate temple.