Kailash Temple, Ellora Caves, India Monolithic architecture describes buildings that are carved, cast, or excavated from a single piece of material, historically from rock. A monolithic rock-cut temple is chiseled out of a single colossal rock in the shape of masonry or wooden temples including embellishment on walls and others. The Rock-cut structures occupy a very important place in Indian Architecture as these structures were produced by cutting solid rocks. Most of the rock-cut structures were closely associated with various religions and religious activities. Several of rock-cut temples in India belong to the most amazing achievements of ancient cultures worldwide. This world-famous rich cultural heritage is remarkably depicted t...