Ellora Caves: Exquisite Rock-Cut Architecture
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Ellora Caves in India is an archeological site near the ancient Indian village of Ellora. It is most well known for its magnificent caves. Ellora is a World Heritage Site and the “epitome of Indian rock-cut architecture.” There are 34 caves which were excavated and hand-carved out of high basalt cliffs between the 5th century and 10th century. Caves 1-12 are the Buddhist Caves. Caves 13-39 are the Hindu Caves. Caves 30-34 are Jain Caves. The mixture of religious cultures dug out side by side shows that ancient India had a terrific spirit of tolerance. The intricate and exquisite temples, shrines and caves are some of the oldest rock-cut architecture in the world.
![Ellora Caves, India, a World Heritage Site. It's all a single rock, carved from top to bottom into beautiful temple.](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/1Ellora-Caves1-200x150.jpg)
![The world backwards at Ellora Caves](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/2The-world-backwards1-200x150.jpg)
![Morphological ops at Ellora Cave, India.](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/3Morphological-ops1-200x150.jpg)
![At Ellora Caves](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/4At-Ellora-Caves1-200x150.jpg)
![Lord Shiva](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/5Lord-Shiva1-200x150.jpg)
![Ellora Cave 10. The most famous in buddhist caves of Ellora.](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/6Ellora_cave10Y.Shishido1-200x150.jpg)
![Ellora Cave 16 - Kailasanatha Temple](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/800px-Ellora_cave16_0011-200x150.jpg)
![Another way at Ellora Caves](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/another-way1-200x150.jpg)
![Photographer calls this automatic petting at Ellora Cave.](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/automatic-petting1-200x150.jpg)
![Architectural detail at Ellora Caves](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Boombox1-200x150.jpg)
![Buddhin 666 at Ellora Caves?](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Buddhin-6661-200x150.jpg)
![Cross-validation at Ellora Caves.](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Cross-validation1-200x150.jpg)
![Ellora Cave 3](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Ellora-Cave-31-200x150.jpg)
![Ellora cave 12](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Ellora-cave-121-200x150.jpg)
![Ellora Cave 34](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Ellora-Cave-341-200x150.jpg)
![Ellora Cave Sculpture](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Ellora-Cave-Sculpture1-200x150.jpg)
![Ellora Caves, India](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Ellora-Caves-India1-200x150.jpg)
![Ellora caves, Maharashtra, India](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Ellora-caves-Maharashtra-India1-200x150.jpg)
![Ellora Cave 16. A rock bridge connects Nandi Mandap to the center temple.](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Ellora-caves.-Cave-16.-A-rock-bridge-connects-Nandi-Mandap-to-the-center-temple1-200x150.jpg)
![Ellora Cave 32. The 32nd cave is a shrine with very fine carvings of lotus flower on the ceiling.](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Ellora-caves.-Cave-32.-the-32nd-cave-is-a-shrine-with-very-fine-carvings-of-lotus-flower-on-the-ceiling1-200x150.jpg)
![Ellora Caves](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Ellora1-200x150.jpg)
![Another entrance to Ellora Caves](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Ellora_Caves_Pamri1-200x150.jpg)
![More splendor at Ellora Caves](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Ellora_Caves_Pamri21-200x150.jpg)
![Kailasanatha Temple Corridor](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Kailasanatha-Temple-Corridor1-200x150.jpg)
![Carved elephants at Kailash temple, Ellora Caves, India.](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Kailash-elephants1-200x150.jpg)
![Kailsanatha Temple at Ellora Caves](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Temple1-200x150.jpg)
![Waterfall at Ellora Caves](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Waterfall-at-Ellora-Caves1-200x150.jpg)
![Ellora Cave 29 - The back-door approach to Dhumar Lena (cave 29) at Ellora -- there is a precipitous path around the edge of a pond, and at one point you pass behind a very small waterfall.](http://weburbanist.com/pics/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/zCave-291-200x150.jpg)
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