Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1912 — Indian Sacred Buildings. [ARTICLE]

Indian Sacred Buildings.

The rock-hewn temples of Elephanta, in Bombay harbor, which were visited recently by the king and queen, numbered six, and four of them are nearly complete. They date from the eighth century A. D. or somewhat later. The Great Cave, 250 feet above high-water mark, belongs to a class of sacred buildings very common in India. It is a Siva temple, fully 130 feet long, the main body being a square of about 90 feet, hewn from the rock so as to present three open sides, and supported by six rows of stone columns.