Ellora Caves

Ellora Caves

Ellora Caves are a group of rock-cut religious monuments in Maharashtra, India, associated with Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain traditions. Ellora's excavated halls, shrines, sculptures, and courtyards reveal varied approaches to carving architectural spaces directly from rock. Kailasa Temple Ellora demonstrates a contrasting technique in which an extensive freestanding temple composition was created by removing surrounding stone.

Rock-Cut and Built Temples of India

Indian sacred architecture includes spaces excavated from rock as well as temples assembled from carefully worked stone. Buddhist cave halls, the Hindu shrines at Ellora, and Chola temple construction demonstrate different relationships among religious practice, architectural planning, sculpture, and the physical properties of building materials.

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  2. Kailasa Temple

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  3. Brihadeeswarar Temple

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