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.
Observed surface forms (16)
- Buddhist cave temple complex ×8
- rock-cut cave temple ×7
- Hindu cave temple ×4
- Buddhist cave temple ×3
- cave shrine ×3
- rock-cut cave temple complex ×3
- Buddhist grotto ×1
- Buddhist grottoes ×1
- Jain cave temple ×1
- cave at Longmen Grottoes ×1
- cave church ×1
- cave temple at Longmen Grottoes ×1
- cave temple complex ×1
- decorated cave chamber ×1
- sacred cave ×1
- subterranean shrine ×1
Instances (41)
- Kawgun Cave via concept surface "Buddhist cave temple"
- Aluvihare Rock Temple via concept surface "cave temple complex"
- Amarnath Cave Temple
- Mogao Caves via concept surface "Buddhist cave temple complex"
- Longmen Grottoes via concept surface "Buddhist grottoes"
- Badami cave temples via concept surface "rock-cut cave temple complex"
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Batu Caves
surface form: Temple Cave
- Perak Cave Temple
- Sam Poh Tong Temple
- Kek Lok Tong Cave Temple
- Yungang Grottoes via concept surface "Buddhist cave temple complex"
- Tapkeshwar Temple
- Salon Noir via concept surface "decorated cave chamber"
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Xiangtangshan caves
via concept surface "Buddhist cave temple complex"
surface form: Xiangtangshan Caves
- Eileithyia Cave near Heraklion via concept surface "sacred cave"
- Varaha Cave Temple via concept surface "Hindu cave temple"
- Krishna Mandapam via concept surface "rock-cut cave temple"
- Kizil Caves via concept surface "Buddhist cave temple complex"
- Kumtura Caves via concept surface "Buddhist cave temple complex"
- Library Cave via concept surface "cave shrine"
- Sanctuary of Trophonius via concept surface "cave shrine"
- Oracle of Trophonius via concept surface "subterranean shrine"
- Adhar Devi Temple
- Bezeklik Caves via concept surface "Buddhist cave temple complex"
- Toyoq Caves via concept surface "Buddhist cave temple complex"
- Yaganti Uma Maheswara Temple
- Fengxian Cave via concept surface "Buddhist grotto"
- Guyang Cave via concept surface "Buddhist cave temple"
- Binyang Caves via concept surface "Buddhist cave temple complex"
- Wanfo Cave via concept surface "Buddhist cave temple"
- Church of St Peter via concept surface "cave church"
- Undavalli Caves via concept surface "rock-cut cave temple complex"
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Cave 1
via concept surface "rock-cut cave temple"
surface form: Cave 1, Badami
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Cave 2
via concept surface "rock-cut cave temple"
surface form: Cave 2 (Badami)
- Cave 3 via concept surface "rock-cut cave temple"
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Cave 4
via concept surface "rock-cut cave temple"
surface form: Cave 4 (Badami)
- Ravana Phadi cave temple via concept surface "rock-cut cave temple"
- Sita Gufa via concept surface "cave shrine"
- Wat Tham Suea
- Seokguram Grotto
- Jogeshwari Caves via concept surface "rock-cut cave temple complex"