-If the Taj Mahal surpassed in structural conception, the Jain dilwara temples at Mount Abu are incomparable in detail and ornamentation. Its said that the carvers were paid in silver equal to that of the weight of the marble filings.
-In the largest natural caves in the Hilmalayas, at a height of 12729 ft, a Shiva lingam is formed of pure ice between july and august. How it happens- whether due to dripping of water or due to the frozen spring underneath is not known. But the lingam is said to wax and wanewith the seasons or the phases of the moon.
-A carved stone bracelet on a sculptured ladys wrist can actually be moved back and forth in Chennakeshava temple in Belur.
-Kachchh is the only district in Gujarat and in India where the cattle outnumber humans