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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 ...
Caves of India by state or union territory (17 C) Lists of caves in India (3 P) B. Buddhist caves in India (4 C, 9 P) H. Hindu cave temples in India (3 C, 22 P) J.
In India, caves have long been regarded as sacred places. Caves that were enlarged or entirely man-made were believed to be as sacred as natural caves. The sanctuary in all Indian religious structures, even free-standing ones, was designed to have the same cave-like feeling, as it is generally small and dark, without natural light. [5]
Borra Caves, Aruku Valley, Visakhapatnam district; Guntupalle Caves (near Dwaraka Tirumala), West Godavari district, popularly known as "Andhra Ajanta", believed to pre-date even the Ajanta and Ellora caves of Maharashtra; Moghalrajpuram caves; Undavalli caves, Guntur district; Srimukhalingam, Srikakulam district
Caves 5, 10, 11 and 12 are architecturally important Buddhist caves. Cave 5 is unique among the Ellora caves as it was designed as a hall with a pair of parallel refectory benches in the centre and a Buddha statue in the rear. [64] This cave, and Cave 11 of the Kanheri Caves, are the only two Buddhist caves in India arranged in such a way. [8]
The rock shelters and caves provide evidence of human settlement and the cultural evolution from hunter-gatherers to agriculture, and expressions of prehistoric spirituality. [8] Some of the Bhimbetka rock shelters feature prehistoric cave paintings and the earliest are dated to 10,000 BCE, corresponding to the Indian Mesolithic.
The Ajanta Caves follow the Cathedral-style architecture found in still older rock-cut cave carvings of ancient India, such as the Lomas Rishi Cave of the Ajivikas near Gaya in Bihar dated to the 3rd century BCE. [77] These chaitya-griha are called worship or prayer halls. [78] [79]
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