During 600 AD to 900 AD, the Rajputs had built the Rathas of Mahabalipuram, the Kailash temple at Ellora and ... was built by Raja Jai Singh. Their architecture consists of decorative marble ...

They were warriors as well as great patrons of art and architecture. Anything monumental that was built at that time was meant to be a show of power, and that is true of the Kailash temple as well.

Taken as a whole, the complex’s profile is said to resemble the shape of Mount Kailash and was once painted white to mimic the Himalayan peak. Though Kailasa Temple centers on Hinduism ...

In picture: The 108 Nava Kailash temples All images by Amitabha Gupta When ... The architectural style that this temple follows came to existence quite later in Bengal’s temple architecture history.