A Mamallapuram relief shows the goddess with 8 arms riding her lion subduing a buffalo-faced demon ( as contrasted with a buffalo demon ); a variation also seen at Ellora.

Ellora, also called Verul or Elura, is the corrupted form of the Ancient name Elapura.

Monolithic architecture is often rock-cut architecture ( e. g. Ellora Kailasanathar Temple ) but monolithic structures might be also cast of artificial material, e. g. concrete.

Well known for its monumental caves, Ellora is a World Heritage Site.

They are known for their patronage of Hinduism and Buddhism which resulted in Buddhist monuments from Ellora ( a UNESCO World Heritage Site ) to Amaravati.

* Ellora Caves houses the Kailasanatha temple of Ellooru ( maratized to Ellora ) of Rashtrakutas and Chalukyas.

The city is a tourist hub, surrounded with many historical monuments, including the Ajanta Caves and Ellora Caves, which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, as well as Bibi Ka Maqbara.

The Buddhist period is primarily represented by three important building types-the Chaitya Hall ( place of worship ), the Vihara ( monastery ) and the Stupa ( hemispherical mound for worship / memory )-exemplified by the awesome caves of Ajanta and Ellora and the monumental Sanchi Stupa.

Daulatabad ( 190 57 ’ N ; 750 15 ’ E ) is located at a distance of 15 km northwest of Aurangabad, the district headquarters and midway to Ellora group of caves.

Another extensive site of rock-cut architecture is in Lalibela, a town in northern Ethiopia, where numerous churches, in three dimensions as at Ellora, were carved out of the rock.

The temple is located near the famous Ellora Caves.

The site had been occupied since at least 100 BCE, and now has remains of Buddhist caves similar to those at Ajanta and Ellora.

Gilikson named the community after his brother's ship, which was itself inspired by the Ellora Caves near Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.

The other Jyotirlinga shrines in Maharashtra are Trimbakeshwara near Nashik and Grishneshwar near Ellora around Aurangabad.

Soon after the Buddhists initiated the rock-cut caves, Hindus and Jains started to imitate them at Badami, Aihole, Ellora, Salsette, Elephanta, Aurangabad and Mamallapuram.

The most important are at Karle, Ajanta, Ellora, Udaigiri, Aurangabad and Nasik.

Ellora represents the epitome of Indian rock-cut architecture.

* India: Sanchi, base of the Lion Capital of Asoka, the rock-cut Elephanta Caves and Ellora Caves, Khajuraho temples, Mahabalipuram with the Descent of the Ganges, and many South Indian temples, Unakoti group of sculptures ( bas relief ) at Kailashahar, Unakoti District, Tripura, India

Such works continued and after several millennia, in the 7th century, carved pillars of Ellora, Maharashtra state present a fine example of Indian paintings, and the colors, mostly various shades of red and orange, were derived from minerals.

Nevertheless, the use and practice of Rasayan was widespread in Ancient India, and some examples of applied rasayan include paints used in the caves of Ajanta and Ellora, Maharashtra state, the steel of Vishnustambha ( literal meaning: the tower of Vishnu ), and a processed wood sample in the Kondivade caves near the Rajmachi fort in Maharashtra.

Later examples include the carved pillars of Ellora, Maharashtra state.

The 5th century Buddhist vishvakarma cave at Ellora, Maharashtra.

These reached their highpoint in the first century BCE, exemplified by the cave complexes of Ajanta and Ellora ( Maharashtra ).

He was the eldest son of Maloji Bhosale of Verul ( present-day Ellora, Maharashtra ).

These reached their high point in the 1st century BC, exemplified by the cave complexes of Ajanta and Ellora ( Maharashtra ).

" Dagadanchya desha " represents the Ajanta, Ellora, Kanheri, Karla Caves whereas " Jeevan desha " consists of lifelines — the rivers of Maharashtra: Chandrabhaga, Krishna, Mutha, Vashisthi.

The Buddhist " Carpenter's Cave " at Ellora in Maharashtra, India.

During the period of the Mauryan and Gupta empires and their successors, several Buddhist architectural complexes, such as the caves of Ajanta and Ellora and the monumental Sanchi Stupa were built.

The famous Kailasa temple at Ellora was built on the model of the Virupaksha temple here.

The trend was started by the Chalukyas of Badami ( 500-753AD ) who built temples in a style that was essentially a mixture of the nagara and the dravida styles, further refined by the Rashtrakutas of Manyakheta ( 750-983AD ) in Ellora, Chalukyas of Kalyani ( 983-1195 AD ) in Lakkundi, Dambal, Gadag etc.

Some huge shrines, such as the one at Ellora were not constructed by using blocks but carved out of solid rock.

Painting of the mountain of Ellora, by Thomas Daniell ( 1803 ).

The Elephanta Shiva cave resembles in some aspects the 8th century Rashtrakuta rock-temple Kailash at Ellora.

Other locations with valuable preserved ancient and early medieval frescoes include Bagh Caves, Ellora Caves, Sittanavasal, Armamalai Cave, Badami Cave Temples and other locations.

* India: Sanchi, Ellora, Ajanta.

The points in the field of craft include the rock cut temples of Ellora and the Ajanta murals.

Cave temples became prominent throughout western India, incorporating various unique features to give rise to cave architecture in places such as Ajanta and Ellora.

Cave paintings from Ajanta, Bagh, Ellora and Sittanavasal and temple paintings testify to a love of naturalism.

The monolithic Cuauhcalli has been compared to the Ellora in India, Petra on the shores of the Dead Sea and Abu Simbel in Egypt.

Siva in the cave temples at Elephanta and Ellora.

Ellora Caves, general map.

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The cave temples at the Ajaṇṭā Caves, the Ellora Caves, and the Karla Caves are associated with the Mahāsāṃghikas.

Art historian Percy Brown, in fact, traces the possible roots of the Pallava Mandapa to the similar rock-cut caves of Ajanta Caves and Ellora Caves.