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Bedtime story:
There was a great king of Rashtrakoota empire called DANTIDURGA.He planned to build a magnificent Shiva temple on CHARANANDRI HILLS. But before it materialised he passed away. His brother's son Krishna took over the throne. One day he falls seriously sick, and his

Queen ELU, prays to Shiva that as soon as the king gets well, they will start the construction of the temple. Miraculously the king recovers. Due to various reasons the king procrastinates the work and the construction of temple gets delayed. One day while the king and the queen

Were passing by the CHARANANDRI hill, the queen says I Will not drink even a drop of water until I see the SHIKHARA of the Shiva temple that was promised to be built. The king shocked by this,tells the queen it takes years to build a temple, and asks her to take the vow back. The

Queen denies by saying this was the will of Shiva. The king then sends for architects from across the country to build a temple in days. None agree saying it as an impossible task. Worried, he prays to Shiva to save the Queen. Then the next morning, an architect by the name

KOKASA, comes to the king and assures him he can do the job in 3 days if granted total privacy and that none should enter the premises except for his staff. Though unable to believe, the king agrees as there was no choice. After 3 days, KOKASA takes the king and queen , and

The queen has the darshana of the maginficent SHIKHARA from the chariot. The queen then breaks her fast after offering her prayers to the SHIKHARA. Amazed by it, the king praises KOKASA of doing an impossible task. KOKASA then takes the king onto the hill and says the temple is

Not built yet, only the SHIKHARA is carved out of the rock, now the temple needs to be carved downwards as this was the only way to save the Queen. This temple is none other than the KAILASH TEMPLE OF ELLORA. While there is no proper documentation regarding the temple, this story

Is found in KATHA KALPATARU,which is taken as a fact. The KAILASH TEMPLE is shrouded in mystery though, as this temple is carved out of the toughest BASALT ROCK, which as per experts is impossible with hammers and chisels. Then how was it possible nearly a thousand years ago? It

Is said that the temple was constructed in 18years, scooping out 4,00,000 tonnes of hard rock. The statistics is nearly unbelievable. To carve the temple in 18 years, if they worked for 12 hours, there would be 5tonnes of rock that should be scooped. And if they worked for 24

Hours, 2.5 tonnes of rock to be scooped. Is this humanly possible? NO. And what happened to the scooped rock. Though it is impossible to carve and dispose the rock in 18years, another mystery that was confirmed by archeologists is that no debris of the scooped rock was found

Neither nearby nor in the vicinity of the temple? The KAILASH TEMPLE is in the 16th cave of Ellora, and there are 34 total caves with extensive carvings and amazing sculptures. So what happened to the 400,000* 34 tonnes of rock debris? Which is more than the size of pyramid of

GIZA when piled up. This definitely is not a man made temple. One explanation that is given is that thos temple was carved with BHAUMASTRA, WHICH DIGS THROUGH THE EARTH WITHOUT LEAVING ANY DEBRIS. Another surprising fact is that the rocks of MOUNT KAILASH In MANASAROVAR resemble

The rocks of ELLORA.
Another interesting fact is Tyrant Aurangazeb, tried to destroy the temple and failed to do so as the rock was too hard to be broken. After trying for 3 long years he finally gave up. If it was so hard to be broken, then how was it carved with chisels ?

Whether it is BHAUMASTRA,WHETHER IT IS A CONSTRUCTION OF SAKSHAT SHIVA OR WHETHER KOKASA WAS VISHWAKARMA IN DISGUISE, IS A MYSTERY THAT CAN ONLY BE REVEALED BY SHIVA.
OM NAMAH SHIVAYA🙏

5tonnes/ hour and 2.5 tonnes/ hour. Apologies 🙏