Ajanta Ellora

Do not miss sculptures of Ajanta and Ellora

Ajanta caves represent the finest testimony of the Buddhist art in the rock cut structures. These rock cut caves found in Maharashtra remember the individual of the glory of India and are listed in the UNESCO world heritage site list. In these caves, one can find the paintings of Padmapani and Vajrapani. These are the caves of the mural paintings as well as the rock cut sculptures depicting the statues of Bhagvan Buddha and many other deities of Hinduism. These caves are in fact the monasteries where the monks used to meditate in

One can reach the Ellora caves, other fascinating caves of the earlier century India, from the city of Aurangabad. The Ellora caves are in the list of UNESCO world heritage sites. These are a combination of Jain, Buddhist and Hindu sculptures and are the most visited by the tourists of foreign lands. Among the famous cave in Ellora is the Buddhist carpenter cave. One is flabbergasted on seeing the sculpture of the dancing Shiva also called Natraja. Both Ajanta and Ellora reflect the heritage might of Old India.