The Undavalli Caves, and example of Indian rock cut architecture are located in the village of Undavalli in Guntur District, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Ellora cave 16 Indian rock cut architecture is more various and in greater abundance than any place else in the world. ... Guntur   (గుంటూరు in Telugu) is a city and a municipal corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. ... Map showing guntur district This is an article about Guntur District; see also Guntur (disambiguation). ... Andhra Pradesh  : (Telugu: ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్, Urdu: آندھرا پردیش, IPA: ), is a state in South India. ...

Transport

The caves are 6km south west of Vijayawada, 22km north west of Guntur City, 280km from the Hyderabad airport. Vijayawada   (విజయవాడ) literally translates to The Place of Victory. It is also known as Bezawada or Blazewada because of its heat. ... Guntur (గుంటూరు in Telugu) is a city and a municipal corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. ... Hyderabad   or Haydarābād // ( Urdu:حیدر آباد), (Telugu:హైదరాబాదు) is the capital city of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. ...

Description

These caves are said to have been carved out of solid rock in 4th to 5th centuries A.D.^[1] The caves have four stories with a huge statue of Lord Vishnu in a reclining posture sculpted from a single block of granite inside. Other shrines are dedicated to Trimurti and to Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.^[2] Europe in 450 The 5th century is the period from 401 - 500 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... Vishnu (Hindi: (विष्‍णु) is a form of God, whom Hindus pray to. ... Quarrying granite for the Mormon Temple, Utah Territory. ... From left, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva In Hinduism, the Trimurti (also called the Hindu trinity) is a concept that holds that God has three aspects, which are only different forms of the same one God. ... Brahma (written Brahmā in IAST) (Devanagari ब्रह्मा, pronounced as ) is the Hindu god (deva) of creation, and one of the Hindu Trinity - Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. ... Vishnu (IAST , Devanagari , with honorific Shri Vishnu; , ), (also frequently referred to as Narayana) is the most popularly worshipped form of God in Hinduism [1]. Within the Vaishnava tradition he is viewed as the Ultimate Reality or Supreme God (similarly to Shiva within Shaivism). ... Pinaki redirects here. ...

The caves are associated with the Vishnukundin kings of 420 to 620 A.D. They are dedicated to Anantapadmanabha Swamy and Narisimha Swamy.^[3]

From the high hill overlooking the Krishna river can be seen many fine specimens of rock cut Hindu architecture. The Krishna River is one of the longest rivers of India (about 1300 km in length). ... This article discusses the adherents of Hinduism. ...

Notes

1. ^ Undavalli Caves, Undavalli. Retrieved on 2006-08-19.
2. ^ Undavalli Caves. Retrieved on 2006-08-19.
3. ^ Susarla, Ramesh. Steeped in history. The Hindu. Retrieved on 2006-08-19.

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See also

• Gavi Gangadhareshwara Temple in Bangalore - also a cave temple
• Kukke Subrahmanya Temple - also a cave temple
• Varaha Cave Temple
• Badami Cave temple
• Pandavleni Caves
• Karla Caves
• Indian rock cut architecture

Gavi Gangadhareshwara Temple is located in Bangalore in the state of Karnataka in India. ... Bangalore (also called Bengalooru) (Kannada: ; pronunciation: in Kannada and in English) is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. ... Kukke Subrahmanya Temple is a cave temple in the heart of the small village of Subramanya deep in the forests bordering the Western Ghats about 105 km from Mangalore in state of Karnataka, India. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Badami Cave temple is at Badami in the Bagalkot District in the north part of the Karnataka state of India. ... Pandavleni Caves are a group of around twenty four 2000-year-old Hinayana Buddhist caves, built by the Jain kings as home for the Jain saints. ... Karli (also Karla) is a town on the highway between Pune and Mumbai in southern Maharashtra in India. ... Ellora cave 16 Indian rock cut architecture is more various and in greater abundance than any place else in the world. ...

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