man-made tour de force, the ancient Kailasa Temple in Ellora dates to the eighth century. "This is one of the most spectacular places in India," says photographer Palani Mohan of the Hindu structure. "In some ways it is more magnificent than the great temples of Angkor in Cambodia. It's amazing to think that it took thousands of workers more than 100 years to carve this out of a single enormous rock. I sat for hours on top of a hill looking down at the temple, wishing I could go back in time to photograph it in its heyday."

Read more about India in "Passages Through India," a special section in the November/December 2006 issue of National Geographic Traveler.


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