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Kailasa

American  
[kahy-lah-suh] / kaɪˈlɑ sə /

noun

  1. a Brahmanical temple dedicated to Shiva, at Ellora, India: architecturally one of the finest of ancient cave temples.


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According to its website, Kailasa counts "two billion practising Hindus" among its population.

From BBC Mar. 2, 2023

People representing United States of Kailasa had attended two UN committee meetings in Geneva in February.

From BBC Mar. 2, 2023

Her question is regarding what measures can be put in place to "stop the persecution" of Nithyananda and the people of Kailasa.

From BBC Mar. 2, 2023

On their west side is a vast peak named Kailasa, which the Hindus suppose to be the residence of the Gods. 

From An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha by Francis Hamilton

The most magnificent of the whole is the Hindu temple called Kailasa or Cailasa, the central portion of which forms an isolated excavated mass or immense block 500 feet in circumference and 100 feet high.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

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