Tour to Ajanta

Tour to Ajanta, Maharashtra is a thrilling experience because of the history of the place and the superb beauty of the locales. It was during the 19th century that a group of British Officers discovered three caves in the Sahyadri hills under debris. Horseshoe shaped in their inner folds the caves were a place of retreat for Buddhist monastic orders and offered access to the nearby trade routes. Ajanta caves include Chaityas, Viharas, monasteries and chapels for prayer where the Buddhist monks lived and performed their rituals.

Tour to Ajanta, Maharashtra tells of a story of a period that spanned from 200BC to 650 BC and was essentially Buddhist. The 29 caves of Ajanta of which some remained unfinished, span a total time of 800 years and house several images of Lord Buddha.
The Cave Temples of Ajanta are located at a distance of about sixty- two miles north of Aurangabad in Maharashtra.

The 30 beautiful Buddhist Caves with some of the best sculptures and paintings tell of the life of Buddha as well as lives of Buddha in his earlier births. Of the 30 caves 5 are Chaityas that is place of worship while the rest 25 are Viharas or monasteries. The Ajanta Caves can be divided into two categories, that is Hinayana and Mahayana based on two schools of thoughts. On Tour to Ajanta, Maharashtra you come to learn about Buddhist art and thought.

While on Tour to Ajanta in Maharashtra you come across Hinayana Caves numbering 9, 10, 8, 13, 2, 15. Cave number 10 is the oldest among the Caves in Ajanta. Cave 9 is among the earliest Chaityas at Ajanta and cave 2 is a marvelous creation depicting the birth of Buddha.

Caves numbering 1, 2, 16, 19, 17 and 26 are Mahayana Caves. Cave 1 has the best maintained wall paintings, cave 17 have an unforgettable image of a flying Apsara with Buddha preaching. These are some of the memorable places which are never to be missed in Tours to Ajanta India.

Easily accessible by Air, road and rail Ajanta Tour promises a wonderful experience.