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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.

  • Ellora cave10 002

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

  • Ellora caves, view from Cave 29 (Hindu)

    View from Cave 29

  • 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

  • Ellora Caves 86

    Mahavira with yaksha Matanga and yakshi Siddhaiki

  • 4 Painting Jain Ellora Caves

    Painting in Cave 32

  • Exquisite carvings on pillars of Ellora Jain caves

    Carvings on the pillars of the Jagannatha Sabha

  • Ellora cave34 001

    Goddess Ambika sitting on a lion, Cave 34

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