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3 Nights / 4 Days
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The Ajanta and Ellora Caves are two different sets of hand-carved caves at a distance of about 100 kilometers from each other. Both cave compounds are near the city of Aurangabad in Maharashtra. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, these caves are a collection of ancient Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu temples and monasteries
Arrival at Aurangabad Airport. Meet & Assistance by TOPWORLD team then transfer to hotel. Dinner and Overnight Stay at Aurangabad Hotel.
Breakfast at Hotel then drive to visit Ajanta Caves (95 Kms / 2 Hrs). (Closed Monday) The caves comprise of chaitya halls (shrines) or viharas (monasteries) and guests can blissfully divulge in this on the Buddhist monasteries tour. Paintings, scriptures and architecture of the Hinayana sect as well as the Mahayana sect of Buddhism beautify Ajanta caves. It has also been regarded as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. By evening, guests will come back to the Dinner and Overnight Stay at Hotel.
After Breakfast then drive to Ellora tour(40 Kms / 1 Hrs), guests will be taken for a sightseeing tour of Ellora Caves (Closed Tuesday) which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site; it represents the three major religions, namely Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism. Overall there are 34 monasteries and temples at Ellora, belonging to these religions. Guests will then be taken to Dulatabad Fort and Aurangabad Caves which reveal tantric influences in there and architectural designs style and structure. Later then Visit, The Kailasa temple is one of the largest rock-cut ancient Hindu temples located in Ellora, and it is a megalith carved out of one single rock. It was built in the 8th century by the Rashtrakuta king Krishna I as attested in Kannada inscriptions. This is one of the 34 temples and monasteries known collectively as the Ellora Caves. After that back to the hotel. After early Dinner on Time transfer to Airport for Mumbai Flight. After arrival transfer to Hotel. Overnight at Mumbai Hotel.
After breakfast Proceed to Visit The Elephanta Caves are a network of sculpted caves located on Elephanta Island, or Gharapuri (literally "the city of caves") in Mumbai Harbour, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the east of the city of Mumbai in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The island, located on an arm of the Arabian Sea, consists of two groups of caves—the first is a large group of five Hindu caves, the second, a smaller group of two Buddhist caves. The caves are hewn from solid basalt rock. All the caves were also originally painted in the past, Lunch at local restaurant. After noon Visit Gateway of India, Evening Shopping Dinner & on time Transfer to airport to catch flight for on word destination with sweet memory of Caves Holidays.