Massive elephant and column in NW of courtyard, Kailasa temple, Ellora, Maharashtra, India

Main hall (Mandapa) from SW with entrance and Ramayana frieze, Kailasa Temple, Ellora, India

The huge Kailasa (Kailash) Temple, Ellora, Maharashtra State, India"Cut from the rock in the Hindu section of the world-heritage cave temples at Ellora, a project which took 150 years and entailed the removal of 200,000 tons of rock"

Huge column in SW of courtyard, Kailasa Temple, Ellora, India

Kailasa Hindu temple, 1200 years old, carved in in-situ basalt bedrock, Ellora, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Maharashtra, India, Asia

Rock-cut Kailasa temple, Ellora, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India, Asia

Shiva the great ascetic, Kailasa, Ellora, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Maharashtra state, India, Asia

Shiva, destroyer of the elephants, Kailasa, Ellora, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Maharashtra state, India, Asia

Kailasa Hindu temple, 1200 years old, carved in in-situ basalt bedrock, Ellora, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Maharashtra, India, Asia

The Kailasa (Kailasanatha) Temple, Ellora Caves, temples cut into solid rock, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India, Asia

The Kailasa (Kailasanatha) Temple, Ellora Caves, temples cut into solid rock, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India, Asia