Rock-cut temples
How do you carve a building downward out of living rock?
Temples and churches cut from a single rock mass, from Ellora and Mahabalipuram to Lalibela and Abu Simbel.
Sites in this collection
- Kailasa Temple (Ellora) Ellora Caves · India
- Mahishasuramardini Cave Temple (Mahishasuramardini Mandapa) Mahabalipuram · India
- Vettuvan Koil (Vettuvankoil), Kalugumalai Kalugumalai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Betä Giyorgis (Church of St. George) Lalibela Rock-Hewn Churches · Ethiopia
- Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela Lalibela, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
- Abu Simbel Temples Abu Simbel, Aswan Governorate, Egypt
- Dambulla Cave Temple (context node) Dambulla, Central Province, Sri Lanka
- Pidurangala Rock Temple (context node) Sigiriya, Central Province, Sri Lanka