Magnificence And Magic With These Caves Of India

Trekking at steep high cliffs, strolling past flower-rich gardens or sailing down with gushing sea waves! As daring and luring these sounds what about exploring the hidden beauty of nature inside some of caves in India?

Let's Hop inside them, because it is all the more an endorphin-searing hunch too!

Ajanta and Ellora Caves, Maharashtra
Meet the caves owning a tagline of 'the most famous cave in the India'. These caves are carved out if hill rocks and are situated at the north of Maharashtra down the Arabic sea.

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Ellora caves forms up 34 and their origin dates back to as past as 6th and 11th centuries AD. On the other hand, Ajanta caves form up 29 of them which dates back to 2nd and 6th century AD.

Fancy about cultures and ethnicities much? A Buddhist tinge marks up Ajanta caves while at Ellora you can observe a mix of Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism.

Elephanta island caves, Maharashtra

Just off the coast from Mumbai, is situated another marvel, another worth of cave at Maharashtra, Elephanta Island caves!

Just hop along to a ferry available from Gateway of India while you enjoy the scenic beauty of sea waves gushing by your ride and right just after an hour welcome yourself to the prolific seven ancient caves all hand made carved out of one single rock.

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These caves date back to as ancient as 450 and 750AD, yes nearly as ancient as Ajanta and Ellora Caves.

Out of these seven caves is one cave subjected to special importance. It's large sculptures of as high as about ten feet gets you into wonder. These sculptures would seem somewhat downtrodden from sides giving it an ancient look. Panels here would depict Lord Shiva.

The caves of Jammu and Kashmir

The caves galore to Jammu and Kashmir but look around there and among them two of those caves fall under dedicated to Lord Shiva.

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There is a religious history to the place and hence the landscape is popular among pilgrims across the country and beyond. Shiv Khori is one such cave in Swalik Hills. It is a kilometer long cave having a lingum made up of stalagmite known as once belonged to Lord Shiv, as they say.

Trichy Rock Fort Temple and Pallava caves, Tamil Nadu

One of the major Limelight at South falls right here at Tricky Rock Fort Temple and Pallava Caves in Tamil Nadu.

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Heard of the Nayaks of Madurai? Those are known to be the builders to this place, quite an ages ago. Shrines are made up 237 feet up high from the ground and the view surmounting it is known to be quite beautiful as one can see the whole city as far as eyesight stretches.

Above were few of the caves that marks up wonder among adventure seekers of all sorts. No doubt, India hides captivating beauty and lush nature secrets down under its breathtaking caves.