Ajanta Caves Travel

The Ajanta Caves are nestled about 107kms away from Aurangabad, city of Mahrashtra. The Ajanta caves are the pride of Mahrashtra and a must visit for every tourist. Your trip to Mahrashtra would go in vein if you didn’t visit these amazing caves.

Believed to have been built between 2nd Century BC and the 8th Century AD, Ajanta Caves were discovered by John Smith. Ajanta Caves lay amidst the Sahyadri hills, carved into the mountain side, over the Waghora River.

The Ajanta Caves consists of 30 rock cut Buddhists caves. The sculptural designs of the Ajanta Caves are called ‘Chaitya grihas’ and ‘Viharas’. Stunning figures are curved and decorated in the walls of the caves. Every sculpture of Ajanta Caves India was curved with the help of hammer and chisel.

The paintings on the walls of Ajanta Caves depict the events in the life of Prince Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. A lot of the caves also exhibit panels demonstrating stories from the Jatakas - tales of the several incarnations of the Buddha. One can notice images of nymphs and princesses amongst others in walls of Ajanta Caves Travel.

Travel to Ajanta Caves has been designated as a World Heritage Site, to be preserved as an artistic legacy that will continue to inspire and enrich the lives of generations to come. It is a major tourist attraction in India. Every year tourists from all over the world visit the Ajanta caves to marvel at the mystical beauty of the architecture.

Historians have, however, classified the Ajanta Caves into two distinct phases, Hinayana phase (1), in which the Buddha was worshipped only in the form of certain symbols and the later Mahayana phase (II), in which the Buddha was worshipped in the physical form.

The Ajanta Caves Travel used as chaitya or prayer halls presents a well defined form of architecture based on religion. For example, the cave 17, a monastery, comprises a number of wall paintings related to the Buddha in 8 rows, Indra flying in the sky accompanied by beautiful dancers, the Buddha subduing an elephant, Nalagiri, and several other scenes related to the Jataka stories. The paintings of the Ajanta caves also include a variety of designs, scrollwork, geometric patterns, miniature seated Buddhas, dream of the Buddha's mother Maya and the birth of the Buddha and procession of female devotees carrying offerings for the infant Buddha.

Visit this ancient marvel of man, Ajanta caves Travel. Let your senses be bewildered and leave you with an amazing memory of your trip. Visit Ajanta Caves and you are sure to cherish every detail of every cave.