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The Kaliasa temple
The Kailasa Temple is one of the largest ancient Hindu temples located in Ellora,India and it's megalith
carved of one single rock.It was built The Kailasa templed is one of the largest rock-cut ancient Hindu
temples located in Ellora , India and it is a megalith carved out of one single rock. It was built in the 8th
century by the king Krishna I . This is one of the 34 temples and monasteries known collectively as the
Ellora Caves. The Kailasa (cave 16) is a remarkable example of Dravidian architecture account of its
striking proportion.It was commissioned and completed between 757-783 CE, when Krishna I ruled the
Rashtrakuta dynasty
The temple shows traces of Pallava style. According to Hermann Kulke, the Chalukya king Vikramaditya
II (r. 733–744 CE) took some Pallava artists back to his kingdom after defeating the Pallavas. The
temples constructed by these artists influenced the Kailasa temple constructed at a later dateThe
entrance to the temple courtyard features a low gopuram.The temple shows traces of Pallava style.
According to Hermann Kulke, the Chalukya king Vikramaditya II (r. 733–744 CE) took some Pallava
artists back to his kingdom after defeating the Pallavas. The temples constructed by these artists
influenced the Kailasa temple constructed at a later
date