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Unless otherwise stated, this image is the copyright of the submitter. Contact them for permission to reproduce it. |  | | Description | Site in India. A drawing by James Wales 1803 of The Kailash Temple. Also known as the Kailasantha, Kailasa, Keylas, Paradise and Holy Mountain Temple, at Ellora, India.
Dedicated to Siva, the Hindu god, it was built Dantidurga, the Rashtrakutan king in the early 8th century (probably sometime between 725-755).
There are 34 temples at Ellora and all but two of them were tunnelled out of mountain-sides forming huge caverns with the temples built in situ. The cavern is said to be 100 feet deep with a floor area of 276x154 feet.
Notice that the elephant in the foreground is minus it's head. Beyond, is Mount Kailasa, the sacred home of Lord Siva.
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