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Ellora Cave Temples



Shrine doorway

The shrine doorway decoration announces a dependency on Cave 21, for it is clearly a somewhat less successful copy of that great portal's rich design. The decoration is only half-finished, and some of the details, such as the figures on the unfinished left jamb, are very fine; but the whole lintel carving reduces the vigor of Cave 21's design and overcrowds the converging celestials above, so that much of the impact is lost.

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