Aurangabad Trip Overview
An Informative tour covering the two beautiful UNESCO World Heritage sites of Ajanta and Ellora Caves which are rock cut temples with amazing paintings and sculptures.
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Duration: 9 hours
Starts: Aurangabad, India
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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An Informative tour covering the two beautiful UNESCO World Heritage sites of Ajanta and Ellora Caves which are rock cut temples with amazing paintings and sculptures.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Ajanta Caves Road, Ajanta 431001 India
You are picked up from the airport / your hotel at 7 am and are driven to the Ajanta caves.
The Ajanta caves are cut into the face of a mountain and form a horseshoe shape . They are an example of one of Indian’s unique artistic traditions known as rock cut temples. Ajanta consists of thirty caves, each dedicated to the life of the Buddha.
Though much of this site has collapsed, what remains at Ajanta has allowed a glimpse into the artistic traditions of ancient India.Much of the art depict the Jataka tales of the Buddha’s previous lives. These pieces of art were created over 800 years and not only document the story of Buddha in his cycle of reincarnations, but also paint a record of life in ancient India
Ajanta is only 4 kilometers from the parking lot between which shuttle bus runs. You will have to take a shuttle bus from the parking lot to the caves and you will reach the caves.
To go inside the caves in Ajanta, you have to remove your shoes and take photos without flash.
Ajanta caves are closed every Monday
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Ellora Caves, Ellora Cave Rd Ahead of Hiranya Reosrts, Aurangabad 431005 India
This is a UNESCO world heritage site and are 34 monasteries and temples, extending over more than 2 km, dug side by side in the wall of a high basalt cliff, with its uninterrupted sequence of monuments dating from the 5-10th century.
Explore Cave 16 one of the largest single monolithic rock excavation of the world which is actually a temple dedicated to Shiva. It is a chariot-shaped monument and named the Kailasha Temple. It also houses gods and goddesses along with relief panels depicting legends from Hindu epics
You can see Ellora caves moving from number 1 to number 16 and then you have to take a bus to go to number 29 and number 30 to 34. And in Ellora caves, you can also go wearing shoes and take photos with flash
They are closed on Tuesday
Duration: 4 hours
