Last week, I had one family function to attend in Aurangabad. Then I have started exploring nearby places. There were few spots like Ajanta-Ellora, Daulatabad fort, bibi-ka-maqbara, Panchakki and some museums. There was very less time to go out since priority was to attend a family function.
I chose to roam around the city during the evening with cousins & chose to explore Ellora caves on next day.
You often feel caves, carvings are not that interesting places as compared to other adventurous spots. Even, I always felt the same. But this time I was proven wrong.
Ellora temples represent the greatest example of cave-excavation architecture built during 6th to the 8th AD. These caves were constructed by digging into the mountain side and removing thousands of tons of rock. I took a guide to understand in detail. (Shakuntalaji was our guide, she proactively explained everything in detail, How these carvings illustrates the Hinduism, Buddhism& Jainism as a true spirit of ancient India )
There are 34 Caves in total but I liked the kailasnath temple the most.
Carvings would have started from acme and worked down to the foot. The best part I liked is the way stories from Ramayana & Mahabharata depicted in the carvings
I thoroughly enjoyed being there. Was there for a couple of hours & it was spectacular to see those carvings. I got convinced why this is designated as UNESCO world heritage site.
Later visited Ghrishneshwar temple (2 Kms away from Ellora). It is one of the 12th Jyotirlinga shrines. (Famous Shiva temples in INDIA. Jyotir means “Radiance” & lingam means sign of shiva).This Jyotirlinga is said to be self-oriented.
It was a very short tour.These caves were worth visiting.
- Zestified Vishal
It was a very short tour.These caves were worth visiting.
- Zestified Vishal
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