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Ellora: Kailasha Temple
The Kailasa (Cave 16) is the largest cave excavation in India, and probably in the entire world. A huge mass of rock was made free of the parent rock formation first and then it was sculpted and carved into a huge temple. Three deep trenches were sunk in the parent rock mass which left a huge monolithic structure measuring 276 X 154 X 107 feet, which was then carved into the temple and all its associated figures.
Ellora: Kailasha Temple
The Kailasa (Cave 16) is the largest cave excavation in India, and probably in the entire world. A huge mass of rock was made free of the parent rock formation first and then it was sculpted and carved into a huge temple. Three deep trenches were sunk in the parent rock mass which left a huge monolithic structure measuring 276 X 154 X 107 feet, which was then carved into the temple and all its associated figures.