There are numerous beautiful temples in India and many of these took multiple generations to get completed. One truly has to wonder what inspired mankind to undertake construction of these temples lasting several hundred of years in some cases. To get an answer to this question, you have to visit Ranakpur and experience it yourself, where the saying goes that if you enter this temple once, you will begin your journey towards Moksha where you become one with the divine.

There are several example of rock cut architecture in the world. Abu Simbel in Egypt, Petra in Jordan and Ellora caves in India are some of the most beautiful structures built by carving out rocks. Sometimes the entire facade of a rock is cut or sometimes carving is done in and around a cave. But Kailash temple is the only structure in the world where an entire temple complex is carved out of a single rock. By looking at it’s intricate design and sheer size, one can’t stop but marvel at the ingenuity and planning that went into its construction.