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1N AURANGABAD
AURANGABAD – AJANTA – ELLORA / EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT
Day 1 – Mumbai to Aurangabad over night journey.
Day 2 - Check-in at Hotel in Aurangabad; after freshen up proceed for Bibika Maqbara, Panchakki, Ajanta Caves, over night stay at Aurangabad.
Day 3 – Daulatabad Fort, Aurangzeb Kabar, Bhadra Maruti, Ellora Caves, Grishneshwar Mandir, return to Mumbai.
Pickup Points : Panvel 09:00 pm, Kalpmboli 09:05 pm, Kharghar 09:15 pm, Belalpur 09:20 pm, Nerul 09:30 pm, Vashi 09:45 pm, Dadar 10:15 pm, Sion 10:20 pm, Chembur 10:25 pm, Ghatkoper 10:40 pm, Vikroli 10:30 pm, Bhandup 10:50 pm, Mulund 11:55 pm, Thane 11:00 pm, Kalawa 11:10 pm, Mumbra 11:20 pm, Palawa 11:30 pm, Dombivali 11:45 pm, Kalyan 12:00 am, Bhivandi 12:20 am.
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The Ajanta Caves are approximately 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state of India.[1][note 1] The caves include paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art, particularly expressive paintings that present emotions through gesture, pose and form.
They are universally regarded as masterpieces of Buddhist religious art.The caves were built in two phases, the first phase starting around the 2nd century BCE, while the second phase was built around 400–650 CE, according to older accounts, or in a brief period of 460–480 CE according to later scholarship. The site is a protected monument in the care of the Archaeological Survey of India,[8] and since 1983, the Ajanta Caves have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Ajanta Caves constitute ancient monasteries and worship-halls of different Buddhist traditions carved into a 75-metre (246 ft) wall of rock. The caves also present paintings depicting the past lives and rebirths of the Buddha, pictorial tales from Aryasura's Jatakamala, and rock-cut sculptures of Buddhist deities. Textual records suggest that these caves served as a monsoon retreat for monks, as well as a resting site for merchants and pilgrims in ancient India. While vivid colours and mural wall-painting were abundant in Indian history as evidenced by historical records, Caves 16, 17, 1 and 2 of Ajanta form the largest corpus of surviving ancient Indian wall-painting.
Panoramic view of Ajanta Caves from the nearby hill
The Ajanta Caves are mentioned in the memoirs of several medieval-era Chinese Buddhist travellers to India and by a Mughal-era official of Akbar era in the early 17th century.They were covered by jungle until accidentally "discovered" and brought to Western attention in 1819 by a colonial British officer Captain John Smith on a tiger-hunting party. The caves are in the rocky northern wall of the U-shaped gorge of the river Waghur,[16] in the Deccan plateau.Within the gorge are a number of waterfalls, audible from outside the caves when the river is high.
With the Ellora Caves, Ajanta is one of the major tourist attractions of Maharashtra. It is about 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) from Fardapur, 59 kilometres (37 miles) from the city of Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, 104 kilometres (65 miles) from the city of Aurangabad, and 350 kilometres (220 miles) east-northeast of Mumbai.[9][20] Ajanta is 100 kilometres (62 miles) from the Ellora Caves, which contain Hindu, Jain and Buddhist caves, the last dating from a period similar to Ajanta. The Ajanta style is also found in the Ellora Caves and other sites such as the Elephanta Caves, Aurangabad Caves, Shivleni Caves and the cave temples of Karnataka.