"ELLORA CAVE" UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE"
Ellora caves are 600 CE to 1000 CE before which was built by Krishnadev, the ruler of the nation's race. Archaeologists have certified that 20 thousand year ago this place is populated by people.
All the temple are spread in about 2 kilometre. There is 17 Hindu temple, 5 Jain temple and 12 Boudh Temple.
The buddhist temple built between 600 CE to 700 CE. These caves include Gautama Buddha ,Boddhisattva and carving of saints. The idols of the temple of Ellora are constructed by artisans who tried to make a full edge of wood texture and composition in rocks. As time went by, art became better on temples. the best example of this is the Kailash Nath temple built by single rock.
Cave number 2 :- Is a worshiping place where the Idol of panaji ,who is the god of wealth, is in outer verandah the statue of Hariti , which is the Goddess of prosperity and good fortune. there are two stacked statues of lord Buddha and there is an idol in the Buddha's posture, which is three meters high.
Cave number 6 :- Has very large sculptures, the idol of goddess tara out side the cave is saving her devotees from snakes. here is a sword, an elephant and a broken ship.
cave number 8 :- This is the only temple whose womb house has became away from the previous wall and the winding trails around .
Cave number 11 & 12 :- This is the first three-story building, the building above is the residence of monk and there is also space for passengers to stay. below is a temple in which the statue of Durga maa and Ganesh God.
Cave Number 16 :- Kailash emple is world's largest monolithic structure. In the main courtyard is the statue of Nandi of Shiva's holly cow. The statue of Elephant is based on the temple which attracts the people. In this Mahabharata and Ramayana are depicted as scenes.
Cave Number 29 :- This temple is called Dhumar Lena cave is one of the earliest excavation in Ellora
you can see the waterfall from a rock carved balcony to the south.
THE JAIN TEMPLE :-
Cave Number 30 to 34 is a Jain temple which is built between 800 CE to 1000 CE. At the north end of Ellora are the five Jain Caves belonging to the Digmambara sect. The Jain temple includes carving of Gods and Goddesses. these Cave are smaller than the Buddhist and Hindu caves but nonetheless feature highly fine carving. the Jain Caves includes some of the earliest Samavasarana image among its devotional carving. In Jain cave have two-storeyed building which is called monastic.
Cave Number 30 :- The Cave number 30 is also called little kailash, it was planned to make a small model of kailash Temple but could not completed there are 22 temples of Tirthankaras continuously in this cave and Mahavir live in the sanctum sanctorum.
Cave Number 32 :- This cave is famous as Indrashabha, it is considered the best in the Jain temple here and this cave is dedicated to Mahavir.
To know more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kailasa_temple,_Ellora
"ELLORA CAVE" Is one of the Wonder's of the world. It is archaeological site which is situated 30 meter away from Aurangabad of Maharashtra. there are 34 grand temple here and all the temple is in a series of rock cutting which was Besalt rock this is the oldest temple ever .
Ellora caves are 600 CE to 1000 CE before which was built by Krishnadev, the ruler of the nation's race. Archaeologists have certified that 20 thousand year ago this place is populated by people.
It took about 150 year to built it and Six generation contributed to complete this Temple.
This temple have been made vertically by cutting. Here is the unique example of handcrafted and vaastushastra in the rock made by humans.
The 34 temple of Ellora's cave are not only boudh temple but also the Hindu and Jain temple so, this is the site of religious confluence. here we get information about their different religions.
The Ellora cave also attracted the king before and even now Ellora cave attract people around the world. In 1983 Ellora cave become the UNESCO World heritage site.
All the temple are spread in about 2 kilometre. There is 17 Hindu temple, 5 Jain temple and 12 Boudh Temple.
The cave number 1 to 12:- Boudh temple.
cave number 13 to 29 :- Hindu temple
cave number 30 to 34 :- Jain temple
Buddhist temple were built in the 5th century, followed by Hindu. after that Jain temple is built .
THE BUDDHIST TEMPLE :-
The buddhist temple built between 600 CE to 700 CE. These caves include Gautama Buddha ,Boddhisattva and carving of saints. The idols of the temple of Ellora are constructed by artisans who tried to make a full edge of wood texture and composition in rocks. As time went by, art became better on temples. the best example of this is the Kailash Nath temple built by single rock.
THE BUDDHIST CAVE :-
Cave number 1 :- This is a place where monk lived where No pillar was used at this place nor was there any decoration and no craft. they used to live very simple life.
Cave number 2 :- Is a worshiping place where the Idol of panaji ,who is the god of wealth, is in outer verandah the statue of Hariti , which is the Goddess of prosperity and good fortune. there are two stacked statues of lord Buddha and there is an idol in the Buddha's posture, which is three meters high.
Cave number 3:- there is a statue sitting on the Buddha's lotus on a wall of the room there are 12 closet of meditation all around the wall.
Cave number 4 :- This is the two storey building in which Buddha is sitting under the ficus religiosa .
Cave number 5 :- This is the largest cave in the caves which is the divided into three parts.it will be a dining room of Buddhist.
Cave number 6 :- Has very large sculptures, the idol of goddess tara out side the cave is saving her devotees from snakes. here is a sword, an elephant and a broken ship.
cave number 8 :- This is the only temple whose womb house has became away from the previous wall and the winding trails around .
Cave number 9 :- There is an open balcony and veranda and a temple.
Cave number 10 :- This is the prayer room which was named vishwkarma which is the architect of the gods architect, here is the huge stupa.
Cave number 11 & 12 :- This is the first three-story building, the building above is the residence of monk and there is also space for passengers to stay. below is a temple in which the statue of Durga maa and Ganesh God.
Cave number 12 :- This is the bedroom for monk, it's on an interesting craft, there are seven consecutive statue of Buddha, which probably tells lord Buddha seven time after it was incarnated,
THE HINDUS TEMPLE :-
Cave number 13 to 29 is a Hindu temple which built between 600 CE to 875 CE. In this cave, there are many statue god and goddesses, animals and birds, tree and fairies. it has a very fine workmanship, it will take lot of hard work and time to make. The best of these temples is kailash nath temple which is dedicated to Lord Shiva in cave number16. this temple is built by cutting from top to bottom of a huge mountain and they use traditional method . In which there is a huge shivling of Lord Siva. All statue are ornate and all are sacred.
Cave Number 14 :- A modest cave known as Ravan ka khai, It has huge number of pillared courtyard , a mandapa with 16 kumbhavalli pillars and a shirine counting a linga with a wide pradakshinapath around it.
Cave Number 14 :- A modest cave known as Ravan ka khai, It has huge number of pillared courtyard , a mandapa with 16 kumbhavalli pillars and a shirine counting a linga with a wide pradakshinapath around it.
Cave Number 15 :- This temple is called Dashavtar temple in which the description of Lord Vishnu's Dashavtar. It has been shown in how he protect his devotees by taking different forms.
Cave Number 16 :- Kailash emple is world's largest monolithic structure. In the main courtyard is the statue of Nandi of Shiva's holly cow. The statue of Elephant is based on the temple which attracts the people. In this Mahabharata and Ramayana are depicted as scenes.
Cave Number 21 :- This temple is called Rameshwar Lena temple in which there is a female Goddess. It has also number of pieces such as depicting the story of goddess Parvati's pursuit of Shiva and Parvati wedding to Shiva.
Cave Number 29 :- This temple is called Dhumar Lena cave is one of the earliest excavation in Ellora
you can see the waterfall from a rock carved balcony to the south.
THE JAIN TEMPLE :-
Cave Number 30 to 34 is a Jain temple which is built between 800 CE to 1000 CE. At the north end of Ellora are the five Jain Caves belonging to the Digmambara sect. The Jain temple includes carving of Gods and Goddesses. these Cave are smaller than the Buddhist and Hindu caves but nonetheless feature highly fine carving. the Jain Caves includes some of the earliest Samavasarana image among its devotional carving. In Jain cave have two-storeyed building which is called monastic.
Cave Number 30 :- The Cave number 30 is also called little kailash, it was planned to make a small model of kailash Temple but could not completed there are 22 temples of Tirthankaras continuously in this cave and Mahavir live in the sanctum sanctorum.
Cave Number 32 :- This cave is famous as Indrashabha, it is considered the best in the Jain temple here and this cave is dedicated to Mahavir.
To know more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kailasa_temple,_Ellora
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