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| About Ajanta & Ellora Tourism |
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Discovered by chance in the jungles of the Sahayadri range, the Ajanta Cave complex with its stunning murals has been mesmerising visitors from around the globe for decades. It is about 100 odd km from Aurangabad city. The Ajanta Caves murals date to the 2nd and 5th
century AD and feature scenes from the life of the Buddha and stories
regarding his reincarnations retold in the Jataka Tales. Visitors will
discover Boddhisatvas, Buddha images, court scenes and everyday
vignettes of life in the 5th century. By the time the Chalukya and the Rashtrakuta dynasties had started coming into power between the 7th and 8th centuries they brought with them strong influences of Hinduism, which reflected in the art and architecture. Ellora hamlet located about 30km from Aurangabad is the site of the Ellora cave complex, now a World Heritage Site. |
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| Reviews on Ajanta & Ellora travel(What people have to say) |
 Shubham, Mumbai | 20th April 2009
Ajanta & Ellora: No frills trip (only caves)
| Overview of the destinationWent there in the month of April, which meant it was scorching hot.
Could have enjoyed more in better weather.
Though the paintings of Ajanta are world Food, sight-seeing and shopping Food in the MTDC resort was not so great...though the Ajanta cafeteria was much better. The Ellora cafeteria was not too bad either. Always a Activities & things to do In Ajanta: the last cave, cave no. 26 was 'the best', the sleeping Buddha was indeed worth the walk upto the last cave. The caves Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc. Note that Ajanta is about 1 hour from Jalgaon while Ellora is about 45 mins from Aurangabad. Ajanta and Ellora are about 2 hours apart. | Vijay Karthik, Chennai Pune Bangalore | 28th March 2007
Astounding Caves
Excellent place to go to... The monolithic rock cut caves are a treat to watch. | | Read full review... | saurabh, Navi Mumbai | 12th January 2007
Felt like a Boddhist Monk
Beautiful work of art, Artistic perseverance of some really capable people for all of us | | Read full review... |
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| Articles and Blogs | | Ajanta Caves - About 107 kms. from the city of Aurangabad, the rock-cut caves of Ajanta nestle in a panoramic gorge, in the form of a gigantic horseshoe.
| | Ajanta and Ellora - getting there - A blog about the ancient cave-temples of Ajanta and Ellora, a few hundred kilometres
north of Pune. | | Official Websites | | Maharashtra Government - Maharashtra Government portal covering diverse topics including health, tourism, culture, climate, Tenders and e-Governance.
| | Maharashtra Tourism - Maharashtra Tourism Government portal - Official website of Dept. of Tourism, covers Maharashtra Entry formalities, Places of Interest in Maharashtra, List of Tourist Guides in Maharashtra and Transportation in Maharashtra.
| | Other Useful Links | | Reflections on Ellora and Ajanta - Ellora contains 34 Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain carvings cut directly into caves. | | A Splendor of Caves - A party of British officers, in 1819 had stumbled upon a site lost for centuries -- a series of 30 caves cut into the hills by Buddhist monks. |
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