cave temple

C17437
concept

A cave temple is a religious sanctuary carved into or adapted from natural rock formations, often featuring shrines, sculptures, and ritual spaces integrated into the cave’s interior.

All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
cave temple canonical 10
Buddhist cave temple complex 8
rock-cut cave temple 7

Instances (41)

Instance Via concept surface
Kawgun Cave Buddhist cave temple
Aluvihare Rock Temple cave temple complex
Amarnath Cave Temple
Mogao Caves Buddhist cave temple complex
Longmen Grottoes Buddhist grottoes
Badami cave temples rock-cut cave temple complex
Batu Caves
surface form: Temple Cave
Perak Cave Temple
Sam Poh Tong Temple
Kek Lok Tong Cave Temple
Yungang Grottoes Buddhist cave temple complex
Tapkeshwar Temple
Salon Noir decorated cave chamber
Xiangtangshan caves
surface form: Xiangtangshan Caves
Buddhist cave temple complex
Eileithyia Cave near Heraklion sacred cave
Varaha Cave Temple Hindu cave temple
Krishna Mandapam rock-cut cave temple
Kizil Caves Buddhist cave temple complex
Kumtura Caves Buddhist cave temple complex
Library Cave cave shrine
Sanctuary of Trophonius cave shrine
Oracle of Trophonius subterranean shrine
Adhar Devi Temple
Bezeklik Caves Buddhist cave temple complex
Toyoq Caves Buddhist cave temple complex
Yaganti Uma Maheswara Temple
Fengxian Cave Buddhist grotto
Guyang Cave Buddhist cave temple
Binyang Caves Buddhist cave temple complex
Wanfo Cave Buddhist cave temple
Church of St Peter cave church
Undavalli Caves rock-cut cave temple complex
Cave 1
surface form: Cave 1, Badami
rock-cut cave temple
Cave 2
surface form: Cave 2 (Badami)
rock-cut cave temple
Cave 3 rock-cut cave temple
Cave 4
surface form: Cave 4 (Badami)
rock-cut cave temple
Ravana Phadi cave temple rock-cut cave temple
Sita Gufa cave shrine
Wat Tham Suea
Seokguram Grotto
Jogeshwari Caves rock-cut cave temple complex