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Ellora Caves

French: Grottes d'Ellora
The Ellora Caves is a World Heritage site in India defined by the UNESCO in 1983 and definitely a recommended cultural sightseeing location.
It is on position 617 (534, 419, 180) in our monthly survey..

"These 34 monasteries and temples, extending over more than 2 km, were dug side by side in the wall of a high basalt cliff, not far from Aurangabad, in Maharashtra. Ellora, with its uninterrupted sequence of monuments dating from A.D. 600 to 1000, brings the civilization of ancient India to life. Not only is the Ellora complex a unique artistic creation and a technological exploit but, with its sanctuaries devoted to Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism, it illustrates the spirit of tolerance that was characteristic of ancient India."
Copyright © 1992 2014 UNESCO/World Heritage Centre. All rights reserved."

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