Q. Consider the following statements with respect to Kailash Temple:
1. Temple was built by Pallava King Narasimhan I.
2. Temple is dedicated to Lord Vishnu.
Which of the following codes given below is/are correct?
Answer: D
Notes:
Explanation:
- Kailash Temple is located near the village of Ellora which is 30 km from Aurangabad.
- This temple is considered as one among the most astonishing buildings in the history of architecture.
- This temple is one of the largest 34 excavations at Ellora, which took almost a century. The Kailash Temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and the idol here is 109 feet wide by 164 feet long.
- The Kailash Temple of the Ellora is the most and amazing architecture of the Rock art and the marvelous art.
- This Kailash temple was made by the Rashtrakuta King that is King Krishna I in the 8th Century A.D.
- It is the huge and big sculpture of the rocks that made the big elephant in the couple of the head and that are the sign of the great emperor.
Source: NCERT
