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Dhavalikar theorizes that after defeating the Chalukyas, Krishna must have been impressed by the Virupaksha Temple located in their territory. As a result, he brought the sculptors and architects of the Virupaksha Temple (including some Pallava artists) to his own territory, and engaged them in the construction of the Kailasa temple at Ellora. [21]
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]
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Naba Kailash Mandir is a Shiva temple in Kalna City of Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal. The temple structure consists of a combination of two concentric circles with a total of 108 small temples, each of temple is dedicated to Shiva .
Indian architecture is rooted in the history, culture, and religion of India.Among several architectural styles and traditions, the best-known include the many varieties of Hindu temple architecture and Indo-Islamic architecture, especially Rajput architecture, Mughal architecture, South Indian architecture, and Indo-Saracenic architecture.
Mount Kailash or Ashtapad, the Nirvana place of Rishabhdeva. Rishabhanatha is said to have preached the principles of Jainism far and wide. [61] [63] He is suggested to have attained Nirvana or moksha, destroying all four of his aghati-karma. [64] This is marked as liberation of his soul from the endless cycle of rebirths to stay eternally at ...
Panch Kailash", literally - the Five Kailashas, is the collective name for the group of five sacred mountain peaks in Hinduism, which are at separate locations in Himalayas; each of which has Kailash in its name. The most sacred of all is the Mount Kailash in Tibet. The second most sacred is the Adi Kailash in Uttarakhand, India.
Agra (/ ˈ ɑː ɡ r ə / AH-grə; Hindi: [ˈaːɡɾaː] ⓘ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about 230 kilometres (140 mi) south-east of the national capital Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow.