The Hindu caves, constructed beginning in the 7th century, represent a different style of creative vision and execution skills. These are temples many carved from the top down. Some were of such complexity that they required several generations of planning and coordination to complete.
Cave 16, called The Kailasa or Kailasanatha Temple, is the unrivalled centerpiece of Ellora. This gargantuan structure – designed to recall Mount Kailash, the abode of Lord Shiva – looks like a freestanding, multi-storied temple complex, but it was carved out of one single rock, and covers an area double the size of Parthenon in Athens.
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