Question

What are the epics? why does the poet call the temples as 'epics in stone '?

Answer 1

Epics are basically old stories and kind of depictive books which are told in a little interesting form....

Answer 2

Epics are the stories narrating deeds and adventures of heroic characters of past in a nation.  In India temples are called the cradle of Indian heritage and culture.  This every temple built tells us the great Indian stories of ramayana and mahabharata,making them epics in stone