In what would be the next wonder of the world, archaeologists have recently found a temple that ancients have carved out of a mountain rock. It is located in Elora, Maharashtra, India, this temple is known as The Kailasa Temple. Some also name it as the Kailash. The Kailasa temple is dedicated to the Hindu faith and was instructed to be built by King Krishna I of the Rashtrakuta dynasty in ancient India.
Archaeologists Amazed by The Kailasa Temple
It creates part of a temple complex of 34 cave temples which were of similar construct.
The Creation
The Creation
What has boggled and amazed specialists is the construction of the temple. Not like many temples that were built from ground up, the Kailasa temple was carved out directly from the rock of a mountain. To add further information, a staggering 400,000 tonnes of rock were excavated and hauled out. During the creation of the temple.
The temple originated around 8th century A.D, and it is intriguing that technical skills of the period could have contributed to such a momentous construction task. One may think at the scope of the construction and estimate the temple to be completed after many decades or centuries. However, less than 18 years was taken by the temple to finish, according to scientific estimates.
It was said that 60 tonnes of rock were being removed every day during temple’s construction period. The temple workers laboured for 12 hours a day carrying at least 5 tonnes of rock out from the mountain per hour. Specialists still have not fully found out the constructions methods used in conjunction with the tools available during the period and were left baffled at the scope of the operation.
Architecture of the Creation
The Kailasa temple is part of a complex of 34 monasteries and temples which spread over an area of 2 kilometres. As they all were cut out of the mountainside, they are together known as the Elora caves, and were carved out from a basalt cliff.
The temple has a height of 98 feet, and also was 109 feet wide, and had a depth of 164 feet. This makes it possibly one of the biggest known structures of this kind on the planet. The entrance side of the temple faces the west. What is amazing about the entrance is the degree of accuracy of its facing, giving it a 270-275 degree on a compass.
A 2 storey gateway adorns the entrance side to the temple, which also leads to a U-shaped courtyard. The temple is dedicated to the worship of Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva, and also deities of both lords align the interior of the temple. Three stored arcades line the perimeter of the courtyard and showcase many sculptures and panels of stupendous beauty and design.
Complex and majestic staircases and bridges connect the many different areas of the temple together, also adding to the splendor of the place.
Was it Built by Extraterrestrials?
As mentioned before, the time when the temple was built and the available technology skills of the period coupled with the time it took to build and the momentous scope of the construction had left many baffled. The whole feat would be extremely difficult if not impossible to achieve at that time.
However, the video below shows a theory which may offer an explanation, that extraterrestrials gave a hand in the construction of this temple.
