This temple, hewn top-down from a single basalt rock, ... Maharashtra—the Kailasa Temple, carved around 776 CE under the patronage of the Rashtrakuta king Krishna I.

KAPAA, Hawaii (AP) — It is the only all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple in the West built without power tools or electricity, and it’s nestled on one of the smaller islands in Hawaii ...

The temple is made entirely of hand-carved granite, which the monks have been constructing for the last 33 years. It was completed in March and marked with a special opening ceremony the same month.

KAPAA, Hawaii (AP) — It is the only all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple in the West built without power tools or electricity, and it’s nestled on one of the smaller islands in Hawaii ...

KAPAA, Hawaii (AP) — It is the only all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple in the West built without power tools or electricity, and it's nestled on one of the smaller islands in Hawaii ...