KailashShikhara tower Elephant plinth Floral border tiers Arched niche Kailash is the sacred mountain the abode of Shiva and it earns that name through form alone. A ribbed shikhara tower rises above a pyramidal stepped structure of considerable presence, its form drawn from the Nagara tradition the great towered temple architecture that has defined sacred space across northern India for over a thousand years. Each tier of the plinth carries a running border