Ellora Cave temples, UNESCO World Heritage site India

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Cave temple 21, Ellora, India
This is my last post on Ellora cave temples and paintings...I hope I could bring a little bit of Ellora to you through my posts...this is one place you must visit, especially if art and sculptures interest you.

Excavated in the 7th Century A.D, Cave temple 21 is another beautiful cave temple dedicated to Shiva. I loved the sculptures in this cave. There is a sculpture of Ravana shaking Kailasa, and this seems to be one of the most popular themes in Ellora, we saw similar sculptures in a couple of other cave temples in Ellora.  





Ravana shaking Kailasa


Carvings on a pillar





Comments

Ranjana Jha said…
Thanks so much, Rupam.
August 15, 2016 at 7:34 AM
Jyotirmoy Sarkar said…
Ajanta and Ellora, these are the places which i am eager to visit, one day i will go for sure. Thanks for sharing.
August 16, 2016 at 7:55 PM
Rajesh said…
Beautifully covered.
August 17, 2016 at 8:30 PM
Ranjana Jha said…
Thanks, Jyotirmoy, it is indeed worth a visit.
August 21, 2016 at 1:29 AM
Ranjana Jha said…
Thanks so much, Rajesh.
August 21, 2016 at 1:30 AM
mithun said…
Nice article. Thanks for sharing
August 26, 2016 at 8:25 AM
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