Unlike those of Ajanta , Ellora caves were never lost, nor forgotten, and it took the 'discovered' the English. Its existence has always been known and already mentioned in inscriptions of the time Rashtrakuta and different accounts of Arab and European travelers. Though it lacks the old and the fresco in the former, the quality and refinement of their structures and sculptures believe that far exceed.
The 34 caves at Ellora were excavated in the western foothills of Mount Chandamari, a hill of basalt, about fifteen miles from Aurangabad. What is most remarkable is that, although the caves of every denomination are grouped together, periods during which they were excavated overlap in time. Thus, the group of Buddhist caves, the oldest, numbered 1 through 12 that are in the south, were built between the years 550 to 750, while Hindus numbered 13 to 29 and located in the center flourished 600 to 875, being the Jains, numbered 30 to 34, occupying the northern part of the great basalt slope running north to south, most recently, built between 800 to 1000.
The Ellora caves are still, 1500 years after its construction, a magnetizing power pilgrims of different religions. They match the gray kimonos of Japanese Buddhist monks circumspect, with white robes and feather duster ever charged to shoulder the Jains to clean the place where they will sit, avoiding crushing an insect. The meaning of non-violence of the monks were taken to an extreme to cover your mouth and nose with a mask constantly to the tiniest invisible creatures that are sustained in the air does not suffer the turbulence of his breathing.
The 34 caves at Ellora were excavated in the western foothills of Mount Chandamari, a hill of basalt, about fifteen miles from Aurangabad. What is most remarkable is that, although the caves of every denomination are grouped together, periods during which they were excavated overlap in time. Thus, the group of Buddhist caves, the oldest, numbered 1 through 12 that are in the south, were built between the years 550 to 750, while Hindus numbered 13 to 29 and located in the center flourished 600 to 875, being the Jains, numbered 30 to 34, occupying the northern part of the great basalt slope running north to south, most recently, built between 800 to 1000.
The Ellora caves are still, 1500 years after its construction, a magnetizing power pilgrims of different religions. They match the gray kimonos of Japanese Buddhist monks circumspect, with white robes and feather duster ever charged to shoulder the Jains to clean the place where they will sit, avoiding crushing an insect. The meaning of non-violence of the monks were taken to an extreme to cover your mouth and nose with a mask constantly to the tiniest invisible creatures that are sustained in the air does not suffer the turbulence of his breathing.
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