. India, past and present / C. H. Forbes-Lindsay. the solid rock, the work of thePyramids fades into the background of the crowning glory of Ellora is Kailas, themarvelous Temple of Siva. Here the superabundantenergy of the workmen, or the insatiable ambitionof the master mind, would not be satisfied with amere excavation, but must needs hew within the rockymass a temple as complete as though it stood underthe sky upon the hill-top. Roof and walls havebeen cut away and treated externally in paint andrelief. This monster monolith, reaching a height ofover one hundred feet, stand
. India, past and present / C. H. Forbes-Lindsay. the solid rock, the work of thePyramids fades into the background of the crowning glory of Ellora is Kailas, themarvelous Temple of Siva. Here the superabundantenergy of the workmen, or the insatiable ambitionof the master mind, would not be satisfied with amere excavation, but must needs hew within the rockymass a temple as complete as though it stood underthe sky upon the hill-top. Roof and walls havebeen cut away and treated externally in paint andrelief. This monster monolith, reaching a height ofover one hundred feet, stands in a court about threehundred feet long and half as broad. A rock wallone hundred feet high, embellished with gods of titanicproportions in high relief, masks the front of thetemple. Passing through an entrance in this screen,which is thick enough to contain chambers, one isconfronted by a fine sculpture of Lakshmi—the God-dess of Luck. Two enormous elephants guard theentrance. The galleried hall is covered with figures Cave Temples—EUora.
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