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Private Ellora Caves Guided Tour
Aurangabad, India
$185
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Overview
Ellora Caves features the world's largest monolith structure, an entire temple carved from a single mountain. The Kailasa Temple, a highlight of this UNESCO World Heritage site, resembles Mount Kailash, the heavenly abode of Lord Shiva.
- 🏛️ The Kailasa Temple is built in the 8th century and is twice the size of the Parthenon.
- 🛠️ Constructed by 7,000 laborers over a span of 150 years, showcasing extraordinary craftsmanship.
- ⛰️ The unique carving method involved starting from the top and working downwards.
- 🚫 No swimming or other activities are permitted at the site; it's important to respect the heritage location.
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Private Ellora Caves Guided Tour
Pickup included
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 6 hours
- Guide
- Entrance charges
- Private car
- Indian vegetarian
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The most impressive cave at Ellora is Number 16 called the Kailasa Cave. Built to resemble Mount Kailash, the heavenly abode of Lord Shiva, Cave 16 is a free standing Temple complex and the largest single monolithic excavation in the world. Kailasa was built by Krishna I (757–773) of the Rashtrakuta dynasty. Kaliasa is twice the size of Parthenon in Athens and was built by 7,000 laborers over 150 years.
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Ellora CavesVerul Leni, better known as Ellora Caves are one of the finest specimens of rock cut architecture in India. Located near the Indian City of Aurangabad, Ellora Caves are a set of 34 caves excavated out of the Charanandri hills. This UNESCO world heritage site has a mix of Hindu, Buddhist and Jain caves. Built between 5th and 10th century, Ellora caves are located on an ancient trade route and hence unlike the Ajanta Caves were never lost and have always been frequented over the years.
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ElloraCave 10 also called Dashavatara is another splendid specimen of rock cut sculpture. It has an open court with a free-standing monolithic “mandapa” at the middle and a two-storeyed excavated temple at the rear. A must see relief in Dashavatara is the one depicting the death of Hiranyakashipu, by Lord Narasimha the Man-Lion avatar of Vishnu.
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AurangabadIt will take 1 hour each way to Ellora from Aurangabad
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Private Ellora Caves Guided Tour
Aurangabad, India
$185
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they redeem the gift voucher.
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