Indian travel--Kailasa Temple

�️ Kailasa Temple ⛰️ 🕰️ Construction Period: 8th century CE (Rashtrakuta Dynasty) // ⭐ Commissioned by King Krishna I and designed by architect Balramishwar Takshak🏞️ Cave 16 of Ellora Caves – one of the world's largest monolithic rock-cut temples📖 Dravidian architecture (south Indian style) featuring:• Pyramid-shaped vimana towers• Intricate carvings• Central sanctum design✒️ With subtle Nagara (north Indian) influences – a fusion of regional styles ⌛ The most hardcore "subtractive architecture" in history!🔨 Carved vertically downward from a single volcanic rock cliff🗿 Removed 85,000 m³ (over 20,000 tons) of granite – no assembly, just excavation! ⭐ Mind-Blowing Details:▪️ 32m-high main shrine ⚡ (precision-carved from top to base)▪️ Chariot-shaped plinth 🛞 (covered with Mahabharata reliefs)▪️ "Living pillars" 🌀 (10-ton suspended columns still produce musical notes when struck)▪️ Elephant battalion 🐘 (32 life-sized carvings symbolizing cosmic bearers) 📌 Engineering Secrets:• Tools: Only copper chisels + wooden mallets❗• Zero scaffolding used – carved top-down like peeling an onion• Hidden drainage systems 💦• Unfinished north gate reveals the technique: rough outline first, then detailing• Harder to build than the Egyptian pyramids! #Kailasa Temple#trip diary#travel guide#indian#Indian travel#Mahabubabad