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How The Great Kailasanantha Temple Was Built

How The Great Kailasanantha Temple Was Built Follow @shivbhakti_7 on instagram - https://bit.ly/2XOSsba ๐Ÿ™ The Kailasha temple, Ellora, that can never be built again on Earth! Kailasanatha, Ellora is the only rock cut temple in whole world where a mountain was cut out from the top to create a structure out of a single rock Archaeologists have confirmed that over 400,000 ton of rocks had to be scooped out to make this Shiva temple 5 tons of rock was removed every hour  Even today, with all modern tools, it is not possible to remove 5 tons of rock every hour Forget building this temple, one cannot even destroy it! In 1682, Aurangzeb passed an order that Kailash Shiva temple must be destroyed. Thousand soldiers were employed and they worked for 3 years but they couldn’t even tarnish the beauty of this temple Also, the temple has bridges connecting towers, rain water harvesting system, drainage system, underground passages, secret peek-holes & stairways The temple is a marvel ...