The last time we visited Aurangabad, Tami fell ill on the first day and didn't recover till after we left. This time, it hit her while we waited in Delhi for our flight. Luckily, it wasn't as bad as the last time, and she was just well enough on the second day there to come out and see the caves at Ellora. She is back to normal now.
The 34 Ellora caves, spread over more than a mile, were carved over a period of about 400 years from 600 to 1000 AD - first by the Buddhists, then the Hindus and finally the Jains. We visited the largest of the caves, (and left the rest for the next time), a hindu one called the Kailasha Temple. The entire temple complex is cut out from the existing rock. The scale of the cave and the intricacy of the carvings is just (by the way, I'm running out of superlatives on this trip) ... well, jaw dropping.
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| This whole temple was cut out of the mountain! |
Lovely pics Cedric and great commentary. Keep them coming.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry Tami was sick! It's amazing to think the people who began this never saw the work done on it over the next few hundred years. How long would it take to see all the caves?
ReplyDeleteMaybe three hours. A number of the caves are small and simple and can be seen in a minute.
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