• The Ellora Caves are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut Hindu temple cave complexes...
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    (IAST: Kailāśanātha) temple is the largest of the rock-cut temples at the Ellora Caves near Aurangabad district, Maharashtra of Maharashtra, India. A megalith...
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  • Ellora's Cave was an independent erotic fiction publisher. It was launched in 2000, and initially published in e-book only format and later moved into...
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    Pradesh Aihole has 3 Jaina temple Aurangabad Caves Badami Cave Temples Bagh Caves Elephanta Caves Ellora Caves has 12 Buddhist, 17 Hindu and 5 Jain temples...
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    gardens, and sanctuaries. Ajanta Caves, Aurangabad Caves and Ellora Caves The Ajanta Caves are 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments built during rule of...
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    the rock-cut artificial caves at Ajanta and Ellora, extending as late as 6th–10th century CE. Archaeologists discovered cave paintings and tools in Mangar...
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    is a national protected site, one and a half kilometers away from the Ellora Caves, 30 kilometres (19 miles) north-west of the city Aurangabad, and 300...
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    Jainism has been present in Maharashtra since ancient times. The famous Ellora Caves demonstrate that Jainism was part of a thriving religious culture in...
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    style is also found in the Ellora Caves and other sites such as the Elephanta Caves, Aurangabad Caves, Shivleni Caves and the cave temples of Karnataka. Nearest...
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    motifs in Badami Cave 4, states Lisa Owens, resembles those of nearby Aihole Jain caves and much farther north Ellora Caves Jain caves in northern Maharashtra...
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    throughout the state. Kailasa Temple in Ellora Caves Elephanta Caves Ajanta Caves Temple corridor of the Pataleshwar cave temple, built during the Rashtrakuta...
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    five Hindu caves, a few Buddhist stupa mounds that date back to the 2nd century BCE, and two Buddhist caves with water tanks. The Elephanta Caves contain...
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    Abraham, Sarah (2 August 2022). "Ajanta and Ellora Caves - Monuments - UcL Places". UncrushedLeaves. "Ajanta cave paintings of Nizam era lie in a state of...
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  • Look up Ellora in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Ellora Caves are some of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, and...
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    Caves Indra Sabha, Ellora Caves Cave 21, Ellora Caves Jain cave in Ellora Aurangabad Caves Art in Aurangabad Caves Shivleni Caves in Ambajogai, Beed district...
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    The Barabar Hill Caves are the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India, dating from the Maurya Empire (322–185 BCE), some with Ashokan inscriptions,...
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    Kilometers away from Lonavala. Other caves in the area are Bhaja Caves, Patan Buddhist Cave, Bedse Caves and Nasik Caves. The shrines were developed over...
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    visited by tourists are: Ajanta Caves Ellora Caves Bibi Ka Maqbara Daulatabad Hazur Sahib Nanded Udgir Fort Ausa Dharashiv Caves Aundha Nagnath Mahur Kandhar...
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    surrounded by many historical monuments, including the Ajanta Caves and Ellora Caves, which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, as well as Bibi Ka Maqbara...
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    The Aurangabad caves officially known as Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar caves are twelve rock-cut Buddhist shrines located on a hill running roughly east to...
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    and Khandagiri Caves built by King Kharavela of Mahameghavahana dynasty in second century CE The Indra Sabha cave at the Ellora Caves are co-located with...
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    Nataraja, Elephanta Caves 6th-century Nataraja in Cave 21, Ellora Caves 8th-century Nataraja in Kailasa temple (Cave 16), Ellora Caves Ithyphallic 8th-century...
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  • sixth-most sites worldwide. The first sites to be listed were the Ajanta Caves, Ellora Caves, Agra Fort, and Taj Mahal, all of which were inscribed in the 1983...
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    The Kanheri Caves (Kānherī-guhā [kaːnʱeɾiː ɡuɦaː]) are a group of caves and rock-cut monuments cut into a massive basalt outcrop in the forests of the...
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    state is home to six UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Ajanta Caves, Ellora Caves, Elephanta Caves, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus)...
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    would shortly issue a new ₹20 note. The new denomination has a motif of Ellora Caves on the back, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Aurangabad district, Maharashtra...
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    "classical" period for Indian sculpture, covering the earlier Ellora Caves, though the Elephanta Caves are probably slightly later. Later large scale sculpture...
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    Pitalkhora (redirect from Pitalkhora Caves)
    kilometers from Ellora, the site is reached by a steep climb down a flight of concrete stairs, past a waterfall next to the caves. The caves are cut in a...
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  • Sambhajinagar (Ellora Caves), Ajanta Caves, Kolhapur, Goa, Sindhudurg, Mumbai. UNESCO World Heritage Sites on this journey include the Ajanta and Ellora Caves. Indian...
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    a popular tourism hub, with tourist destinations like the Ajanta and Ellora caves lying on its outskirts, both of which have been designated as UNESCO...
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