Aurangabad To Ellora | Ellora To Aurangabad
Ellora Caves : These 34 monasteries and temples, extending over more than 2 km, were dug side by side in the wall of a high basalt cliff, not far from Aurangabad, in Maharashtra. Ellora, with its uninterrupted sequence of monuments dating from A.D. 600 to 1000, brings the civilization of ancient India to life. Not only is the Ellora complex a unique artistic creation and a technological exploit but, with its sanctuaries devoted to Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism, it illustrates the spirit of tolerance that was characteristic of ancient India.
The Ellora Caves are authentic in terms of the forms and designs, materials and substance, and locations and setting of paintings, rock-cut architecture, sculptures, and unfinished temples of three different faiths, i.e. Buddhism, Brahmanism, and Jainism.
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is in charge of overseeing the Ellora Caves, and the government of Maharashtra, the Forest Department, and the ASI work together to manage the buffer zones. The overall management of the property and its buffer zones is governed by a number of laws, including the Maharashtra (1965) Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act (1958) and its Rules (1959), the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment and Validation) Act (2010), the Forest Act (1927), the Forest Conservation Act (1980), Municipal Councils, and the Regional and Town Planning Act, Maharashtra (1966). As part of the Comprehensive Conservation Management Plan, a thorough condition survey of every cave has been conducted, and its implementation is currently in progress.
- Distance : 43KM
- Time: 1 Hr 10 Min
Explore Ellora
Ellora, also called Verul or Elura, is the short form of the ancient name Elloorpuram. The older form of the name has been found in ancient references such as the Baroda inscription of 812 CE which mentions “the greatness of this edifice” and that “this great edifice was built on a hill by Krishnaraja at Elapura, the edifice in the inscription being the Kailasa temple. In the Indian tradition, each cave is named and has a suffix Guha (Sanskrit), Lena or Leni (Marathi), meaning cave.
It is also thought to be derived from Ilvalapuram, named after the asura Ilvala who ruled this region who was vanquished by Sage Agastya.
Ellora & It's Surrounding
These are a series of rock-cut caves on Waghora river near Aurangabad in Maharashtra.
The Kailasa temple Cave 16 : is the largest of the 34 Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain cave temples and monasteries known collectively as the Ellora Caves, ranging for over two kilometres (1.2 mi) along the sloping basalt cliff at the site.
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