Ellora Caves
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The Ellora Caves are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Aurangabad, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut cave complexes in the world, with artwork dating from AD 600–1000, including Hindu, Buddhist,
Ellora Cave No. 10
Caves 11 (above) and 12 are three-storey monasteries cut out of a rock, with Vajrayana iconography inside.
Numerous tantric Buddhist goddesses are carved in Cave 12.
The Carpenter's cave (Buddhist Cave 10)
Ajanta Caves
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The Ajanta Caves are 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments dating from the second century BCE to about 480 CE in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state in India. Ajanta Caves are a UNESCO World Herita
Ellora Caves
…region. It is 29 km (18 mi) northwest of Aurangabad and about 300 km (190 mi) east-northeast of Mumbai. Today, the Ellora Caves, along with the nearby Ajanta Caves, are a major tourist attraction in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra and a protected monument under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Ellora…
The Ajanta Caves
Cave 19, Ajanta 5th-century chaitya hall.
Panoramic view of Ajanta Caves from the nearby hill
Cave 9, a first-period Hinayana-style chaitya worship hall with stupa but no idols