Brick Temples

Location

Going by legend, a king called Shalivahana ruled thies area in the 7th century AD. He was cursed that he would die during the night, but by a stroke of luck he touched the earth where the temple now stands. The curse was revoked, and the king’s happiness knew no boundaries. So he gave orders for five temples to be built, out of which only two stand now.
One of them must have originally stood on a terrace but is now half buried under a mound of earth. Both temples follow the Ajanta-Ellora pattern of a rock cut facade. Constructed from carved bricks, the highest point culmintaes in a shikara (pinnacle) and is joined in a beehive manner.