Carved Pillars Shravanabelagola, India

The tourists who want to see the unique buildings in India can visit the city of Shravanabelagola. There are several remarkable temples, whose main jewelery is the beautiful carved columns. The shape of the columns is peculiar. They were created more than a thousand years ago, when there were no lathes and chisels.

Today it is no problem to make a column out of the stone. How, however, has succeeded in man from the 10th to 12th centuries, and what mysteries of the stonework they knew, remains unknown. Every day, the ancient temples of Shravanabelagola receive the countless tourists who strive to personally touch the incredibly beautiful and narrow columns with perfectly polished surfaces and wonderful patterns.

After visiting the ancient carved columns, you can go to the nearby village of Hampi, where there are also places worth seeing. Here one can see the multi-storey buildings, which are among the first high-rise buildings in India and were built from the huge stone slabs and columns. One of the most striking archaeological areas is the ruins of Vijayanagar. Here you can visit the ruins of the old two-storey buildings. Next - Domus de Janas