Most Mysterious Temple in India | Kailash Temple Ellora Caves | 1200-Year-Old Wonder

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The Kailash Temple in the Ellora Caves is a 1200-year-old wonder carved from basalt rock. This Shiva temple is astonishing for its massive scale, sophisticated craftsmanship, and the mystery of its construction without the use of machinery.
Where there was electricity there were no advanced machines like today's large ones
Let's go back 1200 years into that same world
Here a huge mountain is being carved from top to bottom
A single stone is removed by the chisel and mallet
A complete temple carved from top to bottom of a solid rock
Without cement without iron and without steel
Friends today we will learn about one of the greatest achievements of Indian architecture the Kailashnath Temple
It is not just a heritage but a testament to Indian craftsmanship and dedication each stone seemingly speaking of the power of the will and the ability to make the impossible possible
A monolithic structure that even modern scientists and engineers are baffled by and they just ask one question: how was this done Hello friends today we are bringing you the heart of the Ellora Caves in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra Cave number
UNESCO also recognized it as a world heritage site but no one has yet been able to prove it
What technique was used to cut out nearly two thousand large tiles and create this large structure
So are you ready to turn the pages of some intriguing questions about history science and mysteries
In the eighth century King Kishma of the Rashapur dynasty had the ambition to build a temple that defied the norms of human endurance
Rashpur was only the guardian of the warrior Balkee art and culture Their kingdom was spread across the Deccan and they wanted to showcase their devotion architecture and Kosal to the world
They built a magnificent temple dedicated to Lord Shiva which surpasses the Kailasa Parvata and for this the chosen jewels of Ellora were raised The large rock cutters were ordered not to cut this mountain
Rather one must discover Kailash within it Normally any building is constructed by first digging the ground and laying stones then one by one the walls are erected and finally the roof is made But in the Kailash temple this entire science is reversed
Dived into the sea of values as if from the top this technique has no room for error
If a single stone had been placed incorrectly the entire temple would have been ruined Every statue and inscription is so well made that it is hard to believe
The most modern diamond wire cutting technique cannot make a cut as clean and precise as a single piece of paper from a newspaper
But even if it is done there are still problems but historical documents indicate that along with the Arab workers
150 master builders completed this impossible task in just eighteen years without any scaffolding cranes or heavy machinery They had only a few canes and some stick plans in their minds You can see it in the lab
This Dravidian temple which is larger than the Parthenon in Greece has a width of 270 feet and a height of 98 feet The temple complex includes the main Shiva temple the Nandi Mandapam a large Vimana and the Nokasai Darwaza
The stone images of elephants are arranged on the Jaimant Dev Parthima and several subsidiary shrines and the carvings of the Ramayana and Mahabharata are so finely detailed that even the smallest details are visible
One question that unsettles every documentary and every historian the most is where the debris which was as big as a small mountain went and there are many stories and legends about it
Some people say that in a secret process the paste was made as soft as possible and then dissolved in water but the process is too fast because there is no large river near Ellora
Another story claims that all the debris was buried in a part of the temple complex where the car parking is today but that is not true because when archaeologists dug that spot they found no layers of debris
The most reliable estimates made by archaeologists are that the debris was used to fill the lower valleys around it then a layer of soil was spread over it and then farming took place there
Imagine that during the long period of 200 years there must have been so many dense forests that even a single bird would have been hard to spot and today it has become a legend along with the history of this temple
In ancient book called Katha Kalpataru it is recorded that once a king named Dambari fell ill and his queen prayed to Lord Shiva asking that if her husband recovered she would build a magnificent temple
And she will fast until she sees the spire of the temple The king recovered and he ordered the construction of the temple but it was told to him that it would take years to build it from the bottom up How can she possibly fast until the time of her husband's death
Then an architect suggested a solution: we will build the temple from top to bottom so that the spire will be ready
Rama began and soon became a hero Rana broke his vow and the king admired the amazing architect
Although historians consider it a political message from the king when the story of love and devotion is told the temple becomes a place of pilgrimage
Although historian James Pritchard wrote that this is the jewel of Indian rock-cut architecture that cannot be compared anywhere else in the world when modern science took steps to solve these mysteries it was also amazed
Then Hazari scanned the entire temple of IIT Bombay with a laser and found it
That its structure includes a 2-millimeter scan today
The most advanced machines have not achieved such a perfect structure on such a large scale in Japan
That the Puma Mortuary University took micro samples of the temple's letters to determine the cause of death
Whether any chemical cleaner was used in the examination just the iron stain marks
There is no evidence of such chemicals scientists estimated the chisling rate meaning just five millimeters per hundredth of a second which means every minute
The artisan could only achieve such a refined sentiment through patient and meticulous craftsmanship which is now almost unimaginable in this fast-paced world Ultimately science confirms that this practice is the result of patience and a rigorous student tradition
This is what we have become friends in the story of the Kalaas Mandir we read somewhere that the story of Krazha Karas is a new and religious aspiration the creation of the Ajara artisans it is patient and meticulous
Our generation's deep curiosity has led us to discover who built it when it was built and how large it was but the real question remains: how was it built This mystery still lingers in these mountains today
Remember this temple carved out of a mountain and standing for eternity try to hear the sound of the thousands of flutes the sound that has lasted through the centuries
Lora's Kailashnath Temple is not only a pride of India but also a symbol of all humanity This is a testament to when a person and the path become one even the mountains yield If you like this video
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