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Although the Ajanta caves were abandoned centuries ago, many Buddhist pilgrims make the journey here and worship at these temples and monasteries. The attached photo I took in the portico of Cave 21 of a group of a friendly Buddhist pilgrims. Seeing them really helped me visualise the Ajanta Caves in their heyday when they were inhabited by Buddhist monks and gave a sense of continuity to the site.
Updated Mar 14, 2010
The Ajanta site is filled with black-faced monkeys such as the one in the attached photograph. It is generally advisable not to feed the monkeys directly for they could get aggressive and attack.
Updated Mar 15, 2010
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U will find Human chest skeleton designed on the roof of the caves carved 900 years back by the great Humans...! It is really a World Heritage.
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The Buddhists Caves of Ajanta were one of the country's earliest monastic institutions and are the only reason, really, to come to Ajanta! Ajanta lies 105km NE of Aurangabad and makes for a good day...
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The world famous Buddhist caves at Ajanta, also a World Heritage site, lie around 100km (60 miles) to the northeast of Aurangabad. The splendid caves of Ajanta feature 30 rock cut caves that date back...
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