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Cave temples in India · Mysteria

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Cave temples

Every place in the atlas labelled cave temples.

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Countries: 5
World Heritage: 2

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🇮🇳 India

🇮🇳 India · Temple complex

Udayagiri Caves

Gupta Classical (Chandragupta II to Kumaragupta) 320–550 CE · Gupta

Gupta’s open-air bible — 20 sandstone caves with Varaha (402 CE) and Durga, Chandragupta II's inscriptions on Udayagiri Hill.

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🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut

Aihole Cave Temples — Badami Chalukya Experiments

Badami Chalukya (543–753 CE) · Badami Chalukya Shaiva (Nataraja) and Jain; Pulakeshin II

Chalukya lab 540–745: Ravanaphadi 6th c. earliest Nataraja cave and 125 structural trials with 634 CE Ravikirti Meguti stone.

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🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut

Undavalli Caves — Vijayawada–Guntur Rock-Cut

Vishnukundina–Pallava (5th–7th c.) · Vishnukundina (Andhra) Shaiva–Vaishnava with later Jain (Digambara) overlay

Krishna River 4-tier 70-m Vishnukundina monolith 5th c. with 5-m Ananthasayana Vishnu and Jain overlay, Pallava forerunner.