MAKE A MEME View Large Image A look at the layout of Kailashnath, in a copperplate engraving, 1850.jpeg Temple of Kailasa dedicated to the god Indra and is considered the finest architectural monument in Ellora It is wrought out of a single piece of rock without any ...
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Keywords: A look at the layout of Kailashnath, in a copperplate engraving, 1850.jpeg Temple of Kailasa dedicated to the god Indra and is considered the finest architectural monument in Ellora It is wrought out of a single piece of rock without any joints and consists of three different portions 1st The entrance-hall with two wings 2d The chapel of Nundi 3d The main temple The entrance-hall which begins at the termination of the exterior court-yard is wrought in the form of a screen with two wings It is located on the west side at the lowest part of the hill which varies from 47 feet to 104 feet in height The excavation is 247 feet long by 150 feet wide The space outside the entrance is 88feet long by 138 feet wide This hall is adorned with pilasters The interior contains five different rooms three of which are situated one behind the other and form a passage to which two large rooms are attached one on each side; all three rooms are decorated with sculptures Staircases lead to the upper floor which has windows on both sides This floor by means of a bridge cut inthe rocks communicates with the temple of Nundi the bull of Siva which forms a square of 16 feet on each side A door in the rear wall opens upon a second bridge 21 feet by 23 leading to the main temple which is 90 feet high The main temple entrance is formed by a portico with two porches leadingto a peristyle which communicates by staircases with the lower court-yard The peristyle is 15 feet long by 15 feet 2 inches wide and 17 feet high Four steps lead to the main temple hall 61 feet long by 55 feet wide and 17 feet 10 inches high The ceiling of this hall is supported by 16 pillars Two porches one on each side of the hall mark the approach tobridges forming a connexion with the main rock in which the private rooms of the priests werebuilt Opposite the main entrance another portico leads to the sanctuary which containsthe statues of Indra and of Lingam; small doors on both sides of this portico open on a terrace surrounding the sanctuary and communicating with five square chapels of different sizes two of them projecting on the sides and three in the rear of the temple The height of the temple above the terrace is 50 feet The court-yard which surrounds the temple contains a peristyle of pillars in some places in two tiers Near the bridge which leads from the entrance hall to the temple of Nundi are two colossal elephants probably theleader of those placed in the lower temple apparently supporting it Behind the elephants ten feet from the smaller temple stand two obelisks 38 feet high and 7 feet wide at the top by 11 feet at the base; they are supposed to havesupported lions http //www columbia edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/0700_0799/kailashnath/maps/maps html 1850 author PD-old-70-1923 Kailash temple Ellora
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