Kailasa Temple, Ellora

Ellora, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra Shaiva rock-cut temple; Ellora Cave 16

Served from the stored corpus. Last scan Sep 29, 2026. Next scan Oct 29, 2026.

Temple in the 1880s

Historic photograph · exterior · 1880s · High confidence

Photograph from the 1880s showing the rock-cut Kailasa Temple at Ellora.

An albumen photograph catalogued to the 1880s shows the excavated Kailasa Temple. The photographer is not named on this file. A circa-1870 KITLV print is earlier and was not ingested.

Photographer not named, 1880s. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Source: Kailash Temple of Ellora in the 1880s · Open source

Deen Dayal view, 1888

Historic photograph · exterior · 1888 · High confidence

Photograph from 1888 by Lala Deen Dayal showing the Kailasa Temple at Ellora.

Lala Deen Dayal photographed the Kailasa Temple in 1888.

Lala Deen Dayal, 1888. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Source: Kailash temple, Ellora, Lala Deen Dayal, 1888 · Open source

Identification note

encyclopedia · Retrieved 29 September 2026 · paraphrase

The article identifies the rock-cut Shiva temple at Ellora. The nineteenth-century photographs stored here are a separate source.

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