Ajantฤ โ Where Buddhist Art Reached Its Apex
Ajanta ยท Aurangabad ยท Maharashtra
The Ajanta Caves โ 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments carved into the horseshoe bend of the Waghora River gorge in Maharashtra โ contain the finest Buddhist paintings and sculpture in India. Painted between the 2nd century BCE and the 6th century CE, they are the supreme achievement of Indian painting and one of the greatest art sites in the world.
Place ยท Ajanta ยท Aurangabad ยท Maharashtra
A moment of pilgrimage
Even from afar, turn the mind toward Ajanta โ The Painted Caves of the Sahyadri. If you have visited โ or hope to โ let one detail of the place (a gopuram, a river, a courtyard) become today's anchor.