Ajanta
Ajanta
Caves, Way back in1819, a party of British army officers on a tiger hunt
in the forest of western Deccan, suddenly spotted their prey, on the far side
of a loop in the Waghora river. High up on the horseshoe- shaped cliff, the
hunting party saw the tiger, silhouetted against the carved façade of
a cave.
Places of Interest in Ajanta:
Finished Caves
This is one of the finest monasteries at Ajanta. Graciously posed Bodhisattvas
with elaborate headdresses flank the antechamber doorway. On its either side
are two of the best-known murals Bodhisattva Padmapani and Bodhisattva Vajrapani
holding a thunderbolt (right) accompanied by attendants, divine musicians and
flying figures.
Ajanta Caves: About 107 kms. from the
city of Aurangabad, the rock-cut caves of Ajanta nestle in a panoramic gorge,
in the form of a gigantic horse shoe. Among the finest examples of some of the
earliest Buddhist architecture, caves-paintings and sculptures, these caves
comprise Chaitya Halls, or shrines,
dedicated
to Lord Buddha and Viharas, or monasteries, used by Buddhist monks for meditation
and the study of Buddhist teachings.
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Excursions in Ajanta
Elephanta Caves:
The history of elephanta is the hoary mists of time. Crowning the island's easteem
hill, and commanding a panoramic view of wood-land, marsh and sea, are the Buddhist
stupas' or burial mounds and cisterns. Their antiquity has been traced back
to the third century or even earlier.
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