Ellora Caves
World Heritage
India
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Stretching over 2 km, these 34 monasteries and temples are lined up on a high basalt cliff near Aurangabad in Maharashtra. Ellora is a series of continuous monuments dating from 600 to 1000 AD, vividly showcasing ancient Indian civilization. The Ellora complex is not only a unique masterpiece of artistic creation and technology, but its temples dedicated to Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism also reflect the unique tolerance of ancient India.
# monastery
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# Maharashtra
# Ancient Indian Civilization
# Artistic Creation
# A technical masterpiece
![](/static/image/heritage_image/Ellora Caves/Kailash temple at Ellora. Right, James Fergusson's 19th-century drawing of the temple.jpg)
![](/static/image/heritage_image/Ellora Caves/Vishnu at the Dashavatara Ellora temple.jpg)
![](/static/image/heritage_image/Ellora Caves/The Stone Pillar at the Kailashanatha Temple (Cave #16).jpg)
![](/static/image/heritage_image/Ellora Caves/An early 19th-century painting of Cave 15.jpeg)
![](/static/image/heritage_image/Ellora Caves/View from Cave 29 The Stone Pillar at the Kailashanatha Temple (Cave #16).jpg)
![](/static/image/heritage_image/Ellora Caves/Caves 11 (above) and 12 are three-storey monasteries cut out of a rock, with Vajrayana iconography i.jpg)
![](/static/image/heritage_image/Ellora Caves/Parvati and Dancing Shiva (right) in an Ellora cave.jpg)
![](/static/image/heritage_image/Ellora Caves/Goddess Ganga at the entrance of Cave 21.jpg)
![](/static/image/heritage_image/Ellora Caves/Ellora Caves, general map (the rock is depicted as dark green).jpg)
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Information extracted from Wikidata
World Heritage criteria | World Heritage selection criterion (i) |
World Heritage criteria | World Heritage selection criterion (vi) |
Atlas Obscura identifier | ellora-caves |
uses | 4223084-6 |
country | India |
image | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ellora%20Caves%2C%20India%2C%20Kailasanatha%20Temple%202.jpg |
executive body | Ellora Caves |
male population | 1241485 |
ELSTAT geographical code | ellora-caves |
number of rooms | viaf-315126126 |
office held by head of the organization | http://g.co/kg/m/0246x7 |
Commons category | Ellora Caves |
coordinate location | Point(75.179166666 20.026388888) |
page banner | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ellora%20banner.JPG |
described by source | The Nuttall Encyclopædia |
stated as | Ellora |
start time | 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z |
official name | Ellora Caves |
official name | كُهف إلورا |
official name | Grutas de Ellora |
official name | Grottes d'Ellora |
official name | エローラ石窟群 |
official name | Grotten van Ellora |
official name | Пещерные храмы в Эллоре |
official name | 埃洛拉石窟群 |
volume as quantity | World Heritage selection criterion (i) |
volume as quantity | World Heritage selection criterion (vi) |