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Casually having one of the wonders of the world to myself! One of the perks of visiting countries in their low seasons is the lack of tourists - I know that if I visited Petra in a months or so time there would be a real possibility of being trampled under foot. Petra is an amazing city complex of ancient tombs, temples and other buildings built into the rocks dating back to 7000BC. One of my favourite parts (aside from the Treasury) are the camels carved into the rocks, representing the…

Kailash Temple at Elora Caves is one of world's largest and most magnificent monolithic structure. The 100 feet temple was carved out of a single stone around the 8th century. I had this on my bucket list for ten years, to one day to go Elora Caves, climb that hill and capture the top view of the temple. And finally on the day when I was there, it was raining, I had my periods and stomach cramps. But I couldn't give up, you could say I became a photographer for this day. So I walked and…

14,044 points • 497 comments - Estimated to be ~10,000 yrs old. Kailash Temple, Ellora Caves, India has been carved out of single rock, top-down (Yes, top-down!) - 9GAG has the best funny pics, gifs, videos, gaming, anime, manga, movie, tv, cosplay, sport, food, memes, cute, fail, wtf photos on the internet!

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Ajanta Caves, rock-cut cave temples and monasteries, located near Ajanta village, north-central Maharashtra state, western India, that are celebrated for their wall paintings. The temples are hollowed out of granite cliffs on the inner side of a 70-foot (20-metre) ravine in the Wagurna River valley 65 miles (105 km) northeast of Aurangabad, at a site of great scenic beauty.

The temple is located in Kalugumalai, a rocky hill in Thoothukudi district in southern Tamilnadu. The temple is carved out from a single rock in a rectangular portion measuring 7.5 m (25 ft.) in depth. The carvings in the temple show the top portion of the temple, with an unfinished bottom. The sculptures and the carvings are indicative of Pandyan art during the period. The granite rock looks like a blooming lotus, with hills surrounding it on three sides.

The wonderful 10th century Varahi Deula Temple is located in the village of Chaurasi (also spelt Chaurashi), just 30km north of the Konark Sun Temple in Odisha. Built during the Somavamsi rule whic…

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Ellora in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra is one of the largest rock-cut Hindu temple cave complexes in the world. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is home to over 100 caves of which 34 are open to the public.All the caves have been excavated from the basalt cliffs in the Charanandri Hills. Known as the Ellora Caves collectively, caves number 1 to 12 are Buddhist caves, 13 to 29 are Hindu caves and Jain caves are number 30 to 34. The Hindu and Buddhist caves at Ellora were built…