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Ellora Tourism Directory
Ellora Caves, Nestled in the crook of the Charanadari hill in Deccan is
a series of ancient temples and monasteries hewn out of the moutainside.
Situated on the ancient north- south trade route or the dakshinapatha, the
tiny mountain village of Verul - mutated today to Ellora -was a well- known
stopover for traders, priests and pilgrims who plied the route to the western
ports. Beginning sometime in the 7th century, when the Chalukyas (AD 553 - 753) ruled the Deccan, these wayfarers decided to make their presence permanent. And excavation started on a number of Buddhist chaityas and viharas. The place found favour with missionaries of other faiths as well, and over the next five centuries, Hindus and Jains also built their temples in the rocks there.
Places of Interest
Ellora Caves
The cave temples and monasteries at Ellora, excavated out of the vertical face of an escarpment, are 26 kms. north of Aurangabad. Extending in a linear arrangement, the 34 caves contain Buddhist Chaityas, or halls of worship, and Viharas, or monasteries, Hindu and Jian temples.
Kailasa Temple Ellora
The other Buddhist caves as well as the first few Hindu caves are fairly unremarkable and do not prepare you for the magnificence of Kailasa Temple or Cave 16. Believed to have been started by the Rashtrakuta king, Krishna I, Its excavation must rank as an architectural wonder.
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