The famous monumental Ellora Caves were built by Buddhist, Jain and Hindu monks between the 5th and 10th centuries. It is a great place to go about 300 kilometers west of Mumbai.
Now listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this extraordinary collection of 34 monasteries, chapels, and carved temples, 12 of which are Buddhist, 17 are Hindu, and 5 belong to Jainism. They are close to each other The construction reflects the existence of religious tolerance. In this period of Indian history.
Among the caves of the Buddhist monastery, highlights include a series of temples carved by Buddha and saints dating from the 5th to 7th centuries, and the impressive Carpenter Cave, considered one of the best caves in India.
Hindu caves are much more complicated and are carved from top to bottom, so no scaffolding is needed. Among them, the best is the Kailasa Temple, which is a huge rock-cut temple representing Kailasa Mountain and requires 200,000 tons of rocks to be removed.