 The Kailasanath Temple project was commissioned by King Krishna I after the Rashtrakuta rule had spread into South India from the Deccan . The architectural style used is Karnata Dravida according to Adam Hardy . It does not contain any of the <unk> common to the Nagara style and was built on the same lines as the Virupaksha temple at Pattadakal in Karnataka . According to art historian Vincent Smith , the achievement at the Kailasanath temple is considered an architectural consummation of the monolithic rock @-@ cut temple and deserves to be considered one of the wonders of the world . According to art historian Percy Brown , as an accomplishment of art , the Kailasanath temple is considered an unrivalled work of rock architecture , a monument that has always excited and astonished travellers . 
