Kailāsanātha — The World’s Grandest Artistic Conception
<p>The Kailāsanātha Temple at Ellora is perhaps the world’s grandest artistic conception in which the entire structure, together with its ornamentations and sculptures, was carved out of a single rock. The temple, which is enclosed within a mountain, has large and dynamic carvings that creates a dramatic effect. This architectural marvel was constructed in the reign of the Rāṣṭrakūṭa king Krishna I (r. 757–772 CE), also called Krishnarāja, which is confirmed by the 812 CE Baroda grant inscription of the Gujarat king Karkarāja.</p>
<p>It is a free-standing multi-level temple structure that covers an area twice the size of the Parthenon in the Acropolis, a citadel on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens. But whereas the Parthenon was assembled, Kailāsanātha was cut from the mountain, which is multifold complicated.</p>
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