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How The Great Kailasanantha Temple Was Built Follow @shivbhakti_7 on instagram - https://bit.ly/2XOSsba 🙏 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 ...

Contents [ hide ] The Story of Gajendra Moksha Stotra The Story of Gajendra Moksha Stotra:- There was once an elephant named Gajendra who lived in a garden called Ṛtumat which was created by Varuna . This garden was located on Mount Trikuta , the "Three-Peaked Mountain." Gajendra ruled over all the other elephants in the herd. Crocodile attacked Gajendra : One day as usual he went to the lake near by to pick lotus flowers to offer prayer to Lord Vishnu . Suddenly, a crocodile living in the lake attacked Gajendra and caught him by the leg. Gajendra tried for a long time to escape from the crocodile's clutches. All his family members, relatives and friends gathered around to help him, but in vain. The crocodile simply would not let go. When they realised that ‘death’ had come close to Gajendra , they left him alone. Gajendra called Bhagwan Vishnu : He trumpeted in pain and helplessness until he was hoarse. As the struggle was seemingly  endless and when he had spen...