 Ajanta
located about 105 km form Aurangabad and 390 km from Mumbai
is world famous for its amazing rock cut Buddhist caves which
depict the story of Buddhism from 200 BC to about 650 AD. Discovered
incidentally by a British officer on a hunting expedition in
1819, these Caves are regarded as one of the finest Buddhist
architecture with amazing cave paintings and sculptures all
depicting incidents from the life of the Buddha and the various
Buddhist divinities. Most interesting among themare the Jataka
tales, which describes stories relating to the previous incarnations
of the Buddha as Bodhisattava. The paintings of an elephant
scattering the lotus, charging bull, the black princess and
the row of dancers with musicians mesmerize tourists from all
over the world.
Numbering about 30 these wonderful caves with impressive paintings
and figures, were carved out by Buddhist monks using simple
tools like hammer and chisel. Monks for performing rituals and
meditations used these caves as a secluded place. Some of the
engravings worth seeing are the flying apsara in cave 17, the
preaching Buddha in cave 16 and the sculptured Nagaraja in a
sitting posture with his consort and a female attendant.
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