Aurangabad makes for a convenient base for exploring the famous rock-cut temples of Ajanta and Ellora. A map of Aurangabad could confirm the said location’s proximity to the famed caves.
Moreover, the Aurangabad Caves provide a fitting overture to one’s visit to the Ajanta and Ellora Caves. These are Buddhist chapels and monasteries, renowned for their sculpture.
Looks like cave-hopping trip it is. For all their similarities, the Ajanta and Ellora caves are not collective ones. Instead, these are two separate cave complexes altogether. The Ellora Caves are located 29 kilometers away from Aurangabad while the Ajanta Caves are located some 100 kilometers farther.
Counting 34 caves, the Ellora complex is carved as a place of worship for the Buddhist, Hindu and Jain faiths. Behold to one most remarkable of the shrines at Ellora, the one chiseled out from a single rock, called the Kailasa Temple.
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