Ellora Caves

Alternative Names
एलोरा
एल्लोरा
वेरुल
Verul
Elura
Date
7th–11th century CE
Culture
South Asian
Style/Period
Kalachuri
Rashtrakuta
Seuna
See Also
India
Related Fieldwork Collection
Rock-cut Architecture of India

References

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  • Interior: Cave 2, Largely unfinished Buddha on East wall
  • Interior: Cave 2, Largely unfinished Buddha on East wall
  • Interior: Cave 2, Largely unfinished Buddha on East wall
  • Interior: Cave 2, Barely begun image of Buddha on East Wall
  • Interior: Cave 2, Barely begun image of Buddha on East Wall
  • Interior: Cave 2, Barely begun image of Buddha on East Wall
  • Interior: Cave 2, Barely begun image of Buddha on East Wall
  • Interior: Cave 2, Barely begun image of Buddha on East Wall, detail
  • Interior: Cave 2, Barely begun image of Buddha on East Wall, detail
  • Interior: Cave 2, Mostly finished Buddha
  • Interior: Cave 2
  • Interior: Cave 4, Detail of capital
  • Interior: Cave 4, Detail of capital
  • Interior: Cave 4, Detail of capital
  • Interior: Cave 4, Detail of an unfinished column
  • Interior: Cave 4, Detail of an unfinished column
  • Interior: Cave 4, Unfinished column
  • Interior: Cave 4, Detail of an unfinished column
  • Interior: Cave 4, Detail of an unfinished column
  • Interior: Cave 4, Detail of an unfinished column
  • Interior: Cave 4, Columns
  • Interior: Cave 4, Columns, detail
  • Interior: Cave 4
  • Interior: Cave 4
  • Exterior: The Mahabharata friezes on the Kailasa monolithic temple, Cave 16
  • Exterior: Kailasa monolithic temple, Cave 16, showing incomplete pillars on the upper level
  • Exterior: Dhumar Lena, Cave 29, entrance
  • Interior: Dhumar Lena, Cave 29, West entanceway
  • Interior: Dhumar Lena, Cave 29, West entanceway, detail
  • Interior: Dhumar Lena, Cave 29, West entranceway
  • Interior: Dhumar Lena, Cave 29, West entranceway
  • Interior: Dhumar Lena, Cave 29, South entranceway
  • Interior: Finished sanctum in Dhumar Lena, Cave 29
  • Interior: Dhumar Lena, Cave 29
  • Interior: Dhumar Lena, Cave 29
  • Interior: Dhumar Lena, Cave 29, North entranceway
  • Interior: Dhumar Lena, Cave 29, North entranceway
  • Interior: Dhumar Lena, Cave 29, South entranceway
  • Interior: Dhumar Lena, Cave 29
  • Exterior: Dhumar Lena, Cave 29
  • Exterior: Dhumar Lena, Cave 29
  • Exterior: Dhumar Lena, Cave 29
  • Exterior: Dhumar Lena, Cave 29
  • Exterior: Dhumar Lena, Cave 29
  • Exterior: Dhumar Lena, Cave 29
  • Exterior: Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30, Entrance gateway
  • Exterior: Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30, Entrance seen from within courtyard
  • Exterior: Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30, Courtyard showing uneven floor level
  • Interior: Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30
  • Exterior: Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30, Mandapa with incomplete carvings along eave
  • Exterior: Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30, Mandapa with incomplete carvings along eave
  • Exterior: Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30, Mandapa with incomplete carvings along eave
  • Interior: Dvarapala in Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30
  • Interior: Dvarapala in Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30
  • Interior: Dvarapala in Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30
  • Exterior: Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30
  • Exterior: Shukanasa on front of shikhara in Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30
  • Exterior: Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30
  • Exterior: Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30
  • Exterior: Uncarved wall of vimana in Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30
  • Exterior: Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30
  • Exterior: Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30
  • Exterior: 'Working steps' along uncarved wall of vimana in Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30
  • Exterior: Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30
  • Exterior: Jina in shrine within shukanasa in Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30
  • Interior: Jina shrine in Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30
  • Interior: Jina shrine in Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30
  • Interior: Jina shrine in Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30
  • Exterior: View of Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30, from SE
  • Exterior: View of Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30, from NW
  • Exterior: View of Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30, from SW
  • Exterior: Cave 31, Quarry Cave
  • Interior: Cave 31, Quarry Cave, with view of the Sarvatobhadra Jain image on Right
  • Interior: Cave 31, Quarry Cave
  • Interior: Cave 31, Quarry Cave, in a state of incompletion
  • Interior: Cave 31, Quarry Cave, in a state of incompletion
  • Interior: Cave 31, Quarry Cave, in a state of incompletion
  • Interior: Cave 31, Quarry Cave, with view of the Sarvatobhadra Jain image in an incomplete space
  • Interior: Cave 31, Quarry Cave, with view of the Sarvatobhadra Jain image in an incomplete space
  • Exterior: Indra Sabha, Cave 32
  • Exterior: Indra Sabha, Cave 32
  • Exterior: Indra Sabha, Cave 32
  • Exterior: View of courtyard with finished monolithic shrine in Indra Sabha, Cave 32
  • Exterior: Indra Sabha, Cave 32
  • Interior: Yakshi Ambika in upper cave in Indra Sabha, Cave 32
  • Interior: Yaksha Jambhala in upper cave in Indra Sabha, Cave 32
  • Interior: Dancing figure on temple face adjacent to porch in Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30
  • Interior: Dancing figure on temple face adjacent to porch in Chhota Kailasa, Cave 30, detail
  • Interior: Balustrade between veranda and interior of upper cave in Indra Sabha, Cave 32
  • Interior: Balustrade between veranda and interior of upper cave in Indra Sabha, Cave 32, detail
  • Interior: Balustrade between veranda and interior of upper cave in Indra Sabha, Cave 32, detail
  • Interior: Balustrade between veranda and interior of upper cave in Indra Sabha, Cave 32, detail
  • Interior: Almost finished interior of upper cave in Indra Sabha, Cave 32
  • Interior: Almost finished interior of upper cave in Indra Sabha, Cave 32, with view of Jina in shrine
  • Interior: Unfinished interior of lower cave in Indra Sabha, Cave 32
  • Interior: Unfinished interior of lower cave in Indra Sabha, Cave 32
  • Interior: Unfinished interior of lower cave in Indra Sabha, Cave 32
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