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Ellora Caves is the name for a number of caves in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The 34 caves are located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Aurangabad. They are among the most visited cave sites in India. They have been made an UNESCO World Heritage site in 1983.

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  • ElloraWik

    Ellora Caves, general map (the rock is depicted as dark green)

  • Ellora, cave 11 (6359240593)

    Caves 11 (above) and 12 are three-storey monasteries cut out of a rock, with Vajrayana iconography inside.

  • Mahawara Dhelwara Cave No 5 Ellora Caves India plan

    Plan of Cave No. 5 (Mahawara Cave)

  • Ellora Cave 12 si0241

    Numerous tantric Buddhist goddesses are carved in Cave 12.

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    Part of the Carpenter's cave (Buddhist Cave 10)

  • Stone Pillar - Kailashanatha Temple

    The Stone Pillar at the Kailashanatha Temple (Cave #16)]]

  • The Dashavatara, Ellora cave no. 15

    Vishnu at the Dashavatara Ellora temple

  • Das Avatara, by Thomas Daniell and James Wales, 1803

    An early 19th-century painting of Cave 15

  • Indra Sabha Ellora Temple Maharashtra India

    Shikhar of Indra Sabha

  • A different shot

    Chotta Kailasha

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    Mahavira with yaksha Matanga and yakshi Siddhaiki

  • Inner sanctum with Mahavira statue, Ellora Cave 32

    Indra Sabha is the largest of the Jain series and dates from the 9th century, Rashtrakuta patronage. A simple gateway leads to a courtyard in which there is a monolithic shrine with a pyramidal roof. The double-storey temple is excavated in the rear of the courtyard. The interior of the cave has a columned mandapa or hall with niches on the three sides and the sanctuary in the middle of the back wall. Carved figures of the Jain Tirthankharas decorate the walls.

  • Ellora Cave 32 si0343

    Goddess Sidaika

  • Exquisite carvings on pillars of Ellora Jain caves

    Carvings on the pillars of the Jagannatha Sabha

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    Goddess Ambika sitting on a lion, Cave 34

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