1. Masroor Temple, Himachal Pradesh The Masroor Rock-Cut Temple in Himachal Pradesh is a breathtaking monolithic structure that's carved from a single sandstone rock.

Archaeology & History Huge! The Ancient Temple Carved Out of a Single Rock It's estimate 400,000 cubic feet of rock was removed to build the temple. Kailasa Temple. Photo: Getty Images.

Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci Of the more than 500 temples in the area, one of the largest and most intricate is the Achyuta Raya Temple, built in 1534 and dedicated to a form of the god Vishnu.

India has 42 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and while most of them hog all the attention, others don’t get the enough hype. Tourists mostly swarm the Taj, queue for Khajuraho, and daydream about ...