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Varaha Cave Temple (i.e., Varaha Mandapa or the Adivaraha Cave [1]) is a rock-cut cave temple located at Mamallapuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal in Kancheepuram District in Tamil Nadu, India. It is part of the hill top village, which is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the north of the main Mahabalipurm sites of rathas and the Shore ...
Varaha cave temple entrance. The Varaha cave was excavated from a vertical wall on the west face of the main Mamallapuram hill. [65] Its architecture is simple; a Vaishnavism-related cave temple, it is known for its four sculptures depicting Hindu legends: the Vamana-Trivikrama legend, the Varaha legend, the Durga legend and the Gajalakshmi legend.
Cave 1 pillar is second from right; The rightmost pillar is in Cave 19. Cave 1 is the southernmost cave and a false one because one of the side and its front is not of the original rock but added in. Its roof is integrated from the natural ledge of the rock. It moulding style is similar to those found in Tigawa Hindu temple. The mandapa inside ...
This temple depicts Varaha as a purely animal form. The temple is located in the Western Group of Temple Complex Khajuraho Group of Monuments, a World Heritage Site inscribed by UNESCO in 1986 because of its outstanding architecture and testimony to the Chandela dynasty. [1] [2] Khajuraho is a small village in Chattarpur District of Madhya ...
[16] [181] [182] Other early sculptures exist in the cave temples in Badami in Karnataka (6th century) and Varaha Cave Temple in Mahabalipuram (7th century); both in South India and Ellora Caves (7th century) in Western India. [16] [168] By the 7th century, images of Varaha were found in all regions of India, including Kashmir in the north.
The inscription at the rock-cut Mandagapattu Tirumurti Temple hails him as Vichitrachitta and claims that the temple was built without wood, brick, mortar or metal. The five-celled cave temple at Pallavaram was also built during his reign as was the Kokarneswarar Temple, Thirukokarnam of Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu. [7] He made Kudimiya malai ...
Rock Cut Ganesha Temple: N-TN-C51 Rock Cut Varaha Temple Containing Varaha And Vamana Incarnation Of Vishnu Mamallapuram: Kanchipuram Rock Cut Varaha Temple Containing Varaha And Vamana Incarnation Of Vishnu: N-TN-C52 Rock Cut Sculpture, Representing The Group Of Elephants, Monkey And Peacock Mamallapuram: Kanchipuram
Mahishasuramardhini Mandapa (Cave Temple; also known as Yampuri) [1] is an example of Indian rock-cut architecture dating from the late 7th century, of the Pallava dynasty.It is a rock-cut cave temple located on a hill, near a lighthouse, along with other caves in Mamallapuram.