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Explain about Badami Caves and Elephanta Caves

Answer 1

Badami Cave temples :-

• Badami (in Northern Karnataka) cave temples are an excellent example of  Chalukyan Architecture, which dates back to the 6th century AD and adorns  decorative pillars, embellished brackets, intricately carved sculptures and finely  chiseled ceiling panels.

• It is a group of four rock-cut cave temples – 3 Brahminical and 1 Jaina. The Jaina  cave temple was built around a century later from the earlier temples.

• The largest cave is Cave no. 3 which is dedicated to Lord Vishnu. It is also the  oldest Badami cave.

• Most of temple building activity of Chalukyas was concentrated in Badami,  Aihole, Pattadakal and Mahakuta in modern Karnataka.

Elephanta Caves :-

• The cave temples of Elephanta, (a little island off the coast of Bombay) belong  to the 8th century A.D and they are in the same style as those of Ellora.

• The Elephanta Caves were originally supposed to be a Buddhist site but later  these caves were dominated by the Shaivite faith.

• They are famous for their sculpture (show slenderness in the body, with stark  light and dark effects) especially for the great Trimurti figure of Shiva (Shiva is  akin to the Trimurti figure of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh) and some other  notable sculptures include Ravana shaking the Kailash, Tandav dance of Shiva,  Ardh-narishwara etc. Additionally, it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage  Site in 1987.

• There are two groups of caves at Elephanta, the first one being a large group of  five Hindu caves containing rock cut sculpture and representing Shaiva, while  the second one, is a smaller group of two Buddhist caves.

• These caves also show some resemblance with 8th-century Kailasha Temple  built by Rashtrakuta dynasty.

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Answer 2

Explain about Badami Caves and Elephanta Caves

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