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KAILASHNATH
Temple, Ellora (c.757-83) |
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*MAP*
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Section 10, top margin C, right margin a;
just north-northwest of Aurangabad |
SEE
ALSO
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the *main
Ellora page*, on the other Ellora rock-cut temples |
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A look at the elaborate interior layout
of the cave-temple, which is entirely carved from a single piece of rock |
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Kailashnath (Cave 16) as it appears in early
engravings |
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And in early photos |
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Some very large modern overviews |
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An examination of the whole shape of the
temple |
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Some modern visitors' photographs |
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Nandi has an antechamber temple of his own |
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A few of my favorite photos from the *Berger
Collection*, section 2, pp. 4 and 5 |
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Some of the elegantly erotic details |
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The story of the Ramayana, depicted on a
panel at Kailashnath |
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In the garbha-griha, or inner chamber, of
the temple |
*BL*
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A good search term is "kailasa" |
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