📍 Cave📍 Heritage📍 Temple

Ellora Caves

Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India

4.9 (0)

Overview

34 UNESCO cave-temples of three faiths side by side, crowned by Kailasa — the largest monolithic structure on earth, an entire temple carved downward from one rock.

Why visit: Kailasa temple alone rewrites what 'carved from rock' can mean.

Things to do

›Kailasa monolith
›Buddhist viharas
›Jain caves
›Ravana-shaking relief

Heritage WalkPhotography

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Travel Information

Best time

Nov–Feb (closed Tue)

Entry fee

₹40–600

Est. budget

₹500–1,200

Duration

Full day

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Within

1 km

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