tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975033144650879012024-03-05T14:36:49.923+05:30Ajanta CavesAncient Buddhist Monastries & Prayer Halls
September 24th, 2008Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497503314465087901.post-1418861077459083242008-10-24T23:41:00.002+05:302008-11-01T22:41:00.562+05:30The Caves at Ajanta<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQIPzMMrQWI/AAAAAAAADcc/1SwRbgE4-aQ/s1600-h/aurangabad313.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQIPzMMrQWI/AAAAAAAADcc/1SwRbgE4-aQ/s320/aurangabad313.JPG" border="0" /></a> The Ajanta caves are dated from 2nd Century B.C. to 6 Century A.D. There are 30 caves numbered 1-15 & 15A-29. The themes are religious in nature and revolve around Buddha and the Jatakas - tales about the previous births of Buddha. After the decline of Buddhism in the region, the caves fell into disuse and lay buried under debris in the jungle clad slopes till 1819, when they were accidentally discovered by Captain Morgan of the Madras Army. Captain Morgan and his team of British Army officers were on a tiger hunt when he sighted these caves from this viewpoint.<br />The arrangement of the caves are in the form of a horseshoe around the River Waghora as can be seen from the above header photo. For a layout of the caves visit this link <a href="http://www.world-heritage-tour.org/asia/south-asia/india/ajanta/map.html">http://www.world-heritage-tour.org/asia/south-asia/india/ajanta/map.html</a><br /><br />The caves are cut from the rock with just chisel and hammer being the tools of the ancient craftsmen. The painting are made using natural colour as lapiz lazauli for blue etc., You will find some of the most exquisite art of ancient Buddhist India and it is a feast for the eyes!<br /><br />No outside vehicles are allowed beyond the T-point which is 4 kms away from the entry point to the caves, and you need to park your vehicle and transfer to a CNG bus to reach the ticket office. This is a very welcome step as it reduces pollution in the area. <div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; moz-background-clip: initial; moz-background-origin: initial; moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497503314465087901.post-60576160952095135332008-10-23T22:20:00.000+05:302008-10-23T22:20:39.706+05:30Frescoes in Cave 1<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCrW8nPl_I/AAAAAAAADas/TkQ2jmIZHIY/s1600-h/aurangabad233.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCrW8nPl_I/AAAAAAAADas/TkQ2jmIZHIY/s320/aurangabad233.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCrXqwwV6I/AAAAAAAADa0/Ro5EqBI-WTA/s1600-h/aurangabad234.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCrXqwwV6I/AAAAAAAADa0/Ro5EqBI-WTA/s320/aurangabad234.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCrXuzOxaI/AAAAAAAADa8/RpA3bZXPzVc/s1600-h/aurangabad235.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCrXuzOxaI/AAAAAAAADa8/RpA3bZXPzVc/s320/aurangabad235.JPG" border="0" /></a><div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497503314465087901.post-12532877457459948972008-10-23T22:12:00.003+05:302008-11-01T22:44:36.793+05:30More of Cave 1<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCpm9nOkHI/AAAAAAAADaM/8Pu109zUCCU/s1600-h/aurangabad237.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCpm9nOkHI/AAAAAAAADaM/8Pu109zUCCU/s320/aurangabad237.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7vRgnmODDCqIOEu7bWpWTAQhAxsTKXgk226AixtXw7hJGQSoZE6EYaBEZd9O0GnXlbb_kF7MQemtaZ44205vciLHj0I6La_IeWgqIRSaiTY3HX23Y_SUchP6bzgYqiUY9KUfzC6vb7I1/s1600-h/aurangabad238.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7vRgnmODDCqIOEu7bWpWTAQhAxsTKXgk226AixtXw7hJGQSoZE6EYaBEZd9O0GnXlbb_kF7MQemtaZ44205vciLHj0I6La_IeWgqIRSaiTY3HX23Y_SUchP6bzgYqiUY9KUfzC6vb7I1/s320/aurangabad238.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This is the famous Bodhisatva Padmapani<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCpnhQ2vCI/AAAAAAAADac/4pmvBvbUHt4/s1600-h/aurangabad240.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCpnhQ2vCI/AAAAAAAADac/4pmvBvbUHt4/s320/aurangabad240.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCpoHubOxI/AAAAAAAADak/wCr6UsQXONc/s1600-h/aurangabad242.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCpoHubOxI/AAAAAAAADak/wCr6UsQXONc/s320/aurangabad242.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; moz-background-clip: initial; moz-background-origin: initial; moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497503314465087901.post-58396848765994899532008-10-23T22:06:00.003+05:302008-11-01T23:13:57.081+05:30Cave 2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUPnqb5A65UWDrj6Dmwbqzw2uIgMLE0yD8HrNqdmI093VZqBJzvvYiBijeSN-NAhkZo6oPP2vJYVb9tvdmw5MpH7mRfh7bB-yLRqOJ_W4jz9mIuLYqwhuzulfjqqO4Xd1D2f7t_bRjhbCV/s1600-h/aurangabad249.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUPnqb5A65UWDrj6Dmwbqzw2uIgMLE0yD8HrNqdmI093VZqBJzvvYiBijeSN-NAhkZo6oPP2vJYVb9tvdmw5MpH7mRfh7bB-yLRqOJ_W4jz9mIuLYqwhuzulfjqqO4Xd1D2f7t_bRjhbCV/s320/aurangabad249.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCoMk4FU0I/AAAAAAAADZ0/H4FRnLnJQvE/s1600-h/aurangabad250.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCoMk4FU0I/AAAAAAAADZ0/H4FRnLnJQvE/s320/aurangabad250.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCoMtnSnlI/AAAAAAAADZ8/4Kvjiua721E/s1600-h/aurangabad251.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCoMtnSnlI/AAAAAAAADZ8/4Kvjiua721E/s320/aurangabad251.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCoM7WwhWI/AAAAAAAADaE/uXNuq1I4V54/s1600-h/aurangabad252.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCoM7WwhWI/AAAAAAAADaE/uXNuq1I4V54/s320/aurangabad252.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left">This partly defaced paining show the Buddha in 100 different poses also known as the "Miracle of Shravasti" </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; moz-background-clip: initial; moz-background-origin: initial; moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497503314465087901.post-54045887050175320982008-10-23T21:59:00.001+05:302008-11-01T22:46:26.517+05:30More of Cave 2<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCmgTLWtMI/AAAAAAAADZM/rvbON1Z9eRE/s1600-h/aurangabad253.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCmgTLWtMI/AAAAAAAADZM/rvbON1Z9eRE/s320/aurangabad253.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Beautifully embellished ceiling<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCmgrz-W7I/AAAAAAAADZU/aobROjZkBV8/s1600-h/aurangabad254.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCmgrz-W7I/AAAAAAAADZU/aobROjZkBV8/s320/aurangabad254.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCmg5a4LII/AAAAAAAADZc/YRoeZ0eKBJQ/s1600-h/aurangabad255.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCmg5a4LII/AAAAAAAADZc/YRoeZ0eKBJQ/s320/aurangabad255.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCmhBDJoyI/AAAAAAAADZk/i8dyftDn3cc/s1600-h/aurangabad256.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCmhBDJoyI/AAAAAAAADZk/i8dyftDn3cc/s320/aurangabad256.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left">A closer view of the ceiling</div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; moz-background-clip: initial; moz-background-origin: initial; moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497503314465087901.post-76205482990070947802008-10-21T22:14:00.003+05:302008-11-01T22:49:12.761+05:30Cave 10<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCk5Ogd_gI/AAAAAAAADZE/ON2dDMrx560/s1600-h/aurangabad261.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260385667822517762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCk5Ogd_gI/AAAAAAAADZE/ON2dDMrx560/s320/aurangabad261.JPG" border="0" /></a> External facade<br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4H83jq9MI/AAAAAAAADYA/AVEvt0TgbsE/s1600-h/aurangabad262.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259650157102429378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4H83jq9MI/AAAAAAAADYA/AVEvt0TgbsE/s320/aurangabad262.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Internal view of the cave. This is one of the 5 Prayer halls or Chaithya Griha, the rest of the caves are monastries<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4HG2Z4P5I/AAAAAAAADXg/hRBMTDp8wAA/s1600-h/aurangabad263.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4HG2Z4P5I/AAAAAAAADXg/hRBMTDp8wAA/s320/aurangabad263.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4HHO5yucI/AAAAAAAADXo/UzwUzouyonE/s1600-h/aurangabad264.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4HHO5yucI/AAAAAAAADXo/UzwUzouyonE/s320/aurangabad264.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4HHRIvPQI/AAAAAAAADXw/iOLziOH7whs/s1600-h/aurangabad265.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4HHRIvPQI/AAAAAAAADXw/iOLziOH7whs/s320/aurangabad265.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4HHztK8eI/AAAAAAAADX4/9U7mEsuvHH0/s1600-h/aurangabad266.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4HHztK8eI/AAAAAAAADX4/9U7mEsuvHH0/s320/aurangabad266.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; moz-background-clip: initial; moz-background-origin: initial; moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div></div></div>Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497503314465087901.post-44343223907608063282008-10-21T22:06:00.000+05:302008-10-21T22:07:37.509+05:30<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4FRmD64II/AAAAAAAADXA/faA9MTNEaVc/s1600-h/aurangabad267.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4FRmD64II/AAAAAAAADXA/faA9MTNEaVc/s320/aurangabad267.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4FR-1-drI/AAAAAAAADXI/ogaHW_gTjqg/s1600-h/aurangabad268.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4FR-1-drI/AAAAAAAADXI/ogaHW_gTjqg/s320/aurangabad268.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4FSNGMuzI/AAAAAAAADXQ/COIC67dl7Rk/s1600-h/aurangabad270.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4FSNGMuzI/AAAAAAAADXQ/COIC67dl7Rk/s320/aurangabad270.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4FSt77p3I/AAAAAAAADXY/HoEiZwtMumQ/s1600-h/aurangabad271.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4FSt77p3I/AAAAAAAADXY/HoEiZwtMumQ/s320/aurangabad271.JPG" border="0" /></a><div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497503314465087901.post-23524546954205720152008-10-21T21:44:00.001+05:302008-11-01T22:53:57.156+05:30<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4AD2s2I6I/AAAAAAAADV0/zWqU06yxrG0/s1600-h/aurangabad273.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4AD2s2I6I/AAAAAAAADV0/zWqU06yxrG0/s320/aurangabad273.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4AEKphoyI/AAAAAAAADV8/8BQ_pFwuvz8/s1600-h/aurangabad275.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4AEKphoyI/AAAAAAAADV8/8BQ_pFwuvz8/s320/aurangabad275.JPG" border="0" /></a> The local keeper enthusisatically used his torch to highlight the ornaments worn by the figures<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4AElBuRkI/AAAAAAAADWE/pxFlmke6J0o/s1600-h/aurangabad278.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4AElBuRkI/AAAAAAAADWE/pxFlmke6J0o/s320/aurangabad278.JPG" border="0" /></a> In this and the photograph following, you can see what seems like a pearl neclace<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4AFC7VcwI/AAAAAAAADWM/ue-kZwQ1Be0/s1600-h/aurangabad279.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP4AFC7VcwI/AAAAAAAADWM/ue-kZwQ1Be0/s320/aurangabad279.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; moz-background-clip: initial; moz-background-origin: initial; moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497503314465087901.post-66350671572211644212008-10-21T21:42:00.001+05:302008-11-01T22:55:15.658+05:30More stories from the Jataka tales<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP3_fzh8_II/AAAAAAAADVc/sASnGrdJ6jE/s1600-h/aurangabad280.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP3_fzh8_II/AAAAAAAADVc/sASnGrdJ6jE/s320/aurangabad280.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP3_gpqyRTI/AAAAAAAADVk/z3AN_PoTTGg/s1600-h/aurangabad281.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP3_gpqyRTI/AAAAAAAADVk/z3AN_PoTTGg/s320/aurangabad281.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4KqkvOvIXhAqDk6Kz-OnJjPVDfhaWDc0wbXbkMSYQjaqIu5JEYUDC4kSQWLLNfh5ttZcWRCvRAi0VzEz5PDI7UP5SkRYV3yz3iYP7gnYV5G3_1OxiAYE7mD9jxgB01TspmWZMPADFSMs-/s1600-h/aurangabad282.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4KqkvOvIXhAqDk6Kz-OnJjPVDfhaWDc0wbXbkMSYQjaqIu5JEYUDC4kSQWLLNfh5ttZcWRCvRAi0VzEz5PDI7UP5SkRYV3yz3iYP7gnYV5G3_1OxiAYE7mD9jxgB01TspmWZMPADFSMs-/s320/aurangabad282.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; 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FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP3_LaDccMI/AAAAAAAADVU/WXjl9MOL87U/s320/aurangabad285.JPG" border="0" /></a><div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497503314465087901.post-48430638861560591522008-10-21T21:39:00.001+05:302008-11-01T22:58:35.344+05:30The Ceiling (Exterior) of Cave 17<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC3nUs9N7bDiCta0wPUIkr8V-MhxpifV7eJUkxdYknrCWRFn6vZjLcovSQkXmGsswbVA7eWOBwKkoHXCr8CM7ZPDTKor3vxeb74OdPgZSQOk9HpM1m04nWXhIxYPDG6iXuunVJLTYShq7b/s1600-h/aurangabad286.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC3nUs9N7bDiCta0wPUIkr8V-MhxpifV7eJUkxdYknrCWRFn6vZjLcovSQkXmGsswbVA7eWOBwKkoHXCr8CM7ZPDTKor3vxeb74OdPgZSQOk9HpM1m04nWXhIxYPDG6iXuunVJLTYShq7b/s320/aurangabad286.JPG" border="0" /></a> This defaced portion depicts the concpet of the "Wheel of Life" from Birth to death as enunciated by the Buddha<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP3-vzj4bUI/AAAAAAAADU0/JTHTpZ0F-NY/s1600-h/aurangabad287.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP3-vzj4bUI/AAAAAAAADU0/JTHTpZ0F-NY/s320/aurangabad287.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />A royal procession- note the dainty umbrella in use!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP3-wDW0wrI/AAAAAAAADU8/Ohc8B0GrUj8/s1600-h/aurangabad288.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP3-wDW0wrI/AAAAAAAADU8/Ohc8B0GrUj8/s320/aurangabad288.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; moz-background-clip: initial; moz-background-origin: initial; moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497503314465087901.post-16127090124275196182008-10-21T21:36:00.000+05:302008-10-21T21:37:09.917+05:30<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP3-KK1RFNI/AAAAAAAADUM/YVrsMMSc8Rg/s1600-h/aurangabad289.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP3-KK1RFNI/AAAAAAAADUM/YVrsMMSc8Rg/s320/aurangabad289.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP3-KQ1y_lI/AAAAAAAADUU/E-w28FOGqJw/s1600-h/aurangabad291.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP3-KQ1y_lI/AAAAAAAADUU/E-w28FOGqJw/s320/aurangabad291.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP3-KrhTuFI/AAAAAAAADUc/hK8JL1--JJ0/s1600-h/aurangabad292.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP3-KrhTuFI/AAAAAAAADUc/hK8JL1--JJ0/s320/aurangabad292.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbgEpIWvi9Tv8LfPVGamVl8IYIsI1pLmSkFC9l65peenVN2mql9_cjtCuqRi9k0VL7tel90T2sfr-aNNGyUbjxFqsyO7tjSDAA7L8PG4TFNwrB4TOkGB4-v1e5WRa-gyEUh0FVx9Io9h7a/s1600-h/aurangabad293.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbgEpIWvi9Tv8LfPVGamVl8IYIsI1pLmSkFC9l65peenVN2mql9_cjtCuqRi9k0VL7tel90T2sfr-aNNGyUbjxFqsyO7tjSDAA7L8PG4TFNwrB4TOkGB4-v1e5WRa-gyEUh0FVx9Io9h7a/s320/aurangabad293.JPG" border="0" /></a><div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497503314465087901.post-62812975877169921642008-10-21T21:32:00.001+05:302008-11-01T23:00:21.833+05:30Cave 19<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP39OsseJnI/AAAAAAAADTs/lcoWV5Sdmfo/s1600-h/aurangabad295.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP39OsseJnI/AAAAAAAADTs/lcoWV5Sdmfo/s320/aurangabad295.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP39QQsuGCI/AAAAAAAADT0/v5WteEwq3ew/s1600-h/aurangabad296.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP39QQsuGCI/AAAAAAAADT0/v5WteEwq3ew/s320/aurangabad296.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP39QvjLutI/AAAAAAAADT8/9owO4wK5RLU/s1600-h/aurangabad297.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP39QvjLutI/AAAAAAAADT8/9owO4wK5RLU/s320/aurangabad297.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP39Q6sZB-I/AAAAAAAADUE/QPr45J8Rom8/s1600-h/aurangabad298.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP39Q6sZB-I/AAAAAAAADUE/QPr45J8Rom8/s320/aurangabad298.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; moz-background-clip: initial; moz-background-origin: initial; moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497503314465087901.post-40370246495111229062008-10-21T21:30:00.003+05:302008-11-01T23:01:50.077+05:30Cave 19 - Exterior<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCiK9eNhTI/AAAAAAAADY8/71jwhchicfE/s1600-h/aurangabad301.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260382673952408882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCiK9eNhTI/AAAAAAAADY8/71jwhchicfE/s320/aurangabad301.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCiKeq-JWI/AAAAAAAADY0/CO7fsb3oJow/s1600-h/aurangabad300.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260382665684428130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCiKeq-JWI/AAAAAAAADY0/CO7fsb3oJow/s320/aurangabad300.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCiJ7E4FCI/AAAAAAAADYs/KKhqsypZBnc/s1600-h/aurangabad299.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260382656129405986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SQCiJ7E4FCI/AAAAAAAADYs/KKhqsypZBnc/s320/aurangabad299.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://localhost:3838/47e012e120886c7e1c843fd69a36fab8/image/b2c75607db565fc1.jpg"></a><br /><a href="http://localhost:3838/47e012e120886c7e1c843fd69a36fab8/image/db3d28ee105b32c.jpg"></a><br /><a href="http://localhost:3838/47e012e120886c7e1c843fd69a36fab8/image/4b8f1ac14e9d26da.jpg"></a></div></div></div>Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497503314465087901.post-20158636845074177182008-10-21T21:25:00.001+05:302008-11-01T23:06:16.524+05:30More of Cave 19<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP37t-ZJB1I/AAAAAAAADS8/Z2ANFL4O9A8/s1600-h/aurangabad301.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP37t-ZJB1I/AAAAAAAADS8/Z2ANFL4O9A8/s320/aurangabad301.JPG" border="0" /></a> This is also a prayer hall<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP37vP3FYiI/AAAAAAAADTE/NYb0iaFMLG8/s1600-h/aurangabad302.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP37vP3FYiI/AAAAAAAADTE/NYb0iaFMLG8/s320/aurangabad302.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP37vVqW6KI/AAAAAAAADTM/VozLgYTBGPw/s1600-h/aurangabad304.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP37vVqW6KI/AAAAAAAADTM/VozLgYTBGPw/s320/aurangabad304.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP37vlIHkDI/AAAAAAAADTU/sZQUEV0Of5w/s1600-h/aurangabad306.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP37vlIHkDI/AAAAAAAADTU/sZQUEV0Of5w/s320/aurangabad306.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; moz-background-clip: initial; moz-background-origin: initial; moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497503314465087901.post-86948990880701085042008-10-21T20:23:00.001+05:302008-11-01T23:17:07.364+05:30Interior of some of the caves<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP37IhsZ3_I/AAAAAAAADSc/mfyETsJ2Oio/s1600-h/aurangabad307.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP37IhsZ3_I/AAAAAAAADSc/mfyETsJ2Oio/s320/aurangabad307.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP37JF37QBI/AAAAAAAADSk/cgCn50Sq-hA/s1600-h/aurangabad308.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP37JF37QBI/AAAAAAAADSk/cgCn50Sq-hA/s320/aurangabad308.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP37JV6nW-I/AAAAAAAADSs/50B4wgs08XI/s1600-h/aurangabad309.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP37JV6nW-I/AAAAAAAADSs/50B4wgs08XI/s320/aurangabad309.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP37JjHpMiI/AAAAAAAADS0/7vaESyNf-XA/s1600-h/aurangabad310.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SP37JjHpMiI/AAAAAAAADS0/7vaESyNf-XA/s320/aurangabad310.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; moz-background-clip: initial; moz-background-origin: initial; moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497503314465087901.post-6177450075758147782008-10-19T17:28:00.000+05:302008-10-19T17:29:08.445+05:30Unfinished caves<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZNM8W730YCd_t4gGHYz5yf0AycaAPUjC0DWeKKOqqXe9YqJbjSAL8mTHqE6IsQuVfBTrO7NNqel5kN4zHr9nDzGbnjcj3aeuuLPDV3P1w4-yDEn-JiIyG_JiqTGu1F6RrmTNnjZoVCBuV/s1600-h/aurangabad259.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZNM8W730YCd_t4gGHYz5yf0AycaAPUjC0DWeKKOqqXe9YqJbjSAL8mTHqE6IsQuVfBTrO7NNqel5kN4zHr9nDzGbnjcj3aeuuLPDV3P1w4-yDEn-JiIyG_JiqTGu1F6RrmTNnjZoVCBuV/s320/aurangabad259.JPG" border="0" /></a> Some of the caves were never completed by the master craftsmen of the time. these are two good examples of their rough unfinished interior<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPshC-Ean9I/AAAAAAAADRc/JyP-R9ttA2U/s1600-h/aurangabad311.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPshC-Ean9I/AAAAAAAADRc/JyP-R9ttA2U/s320/aurangabad311.JPG" border="0" /></a><div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497503314465087901.post-34989363698125900162008-10-19T16:58:00.004+05:302008-11-01T23:22:44.540+05:30Cave 26 - ExteriorThis is the last cave that is accesible. (Caves 27-29were under restoration & sealed). It has some of the most beautiful carvings and the interior is well lit making it easier to take photographs<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPsZ6GPrsII/AAAAAAAADQs/IGeWSi722Xw/s1600-h/aurangabad315.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPsZ6GPrsII/AAAAAAAADQs/IGeWSi722Xw/s320/aurangabad315.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgiEqIhzM-4bnwrKUi2RnWaLNzyVubWrHRH0NGc35xBJ7HtEVGP9O1zBc7jm61HMvEcZkm78Tus5lib4EcPYU_UBQ60D82SKCdah3d2Z0KGRJsJWDvsdzHXj91YKQhkUKUwWT3GgTqlap/s1600-h/aurangabad314.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258828260253784386" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgiEqIhzM-4bnwrKUi2RnWaLNzyVubWrHRH0NGc35xBJ7HtEVGP9O1zBc7jm61HMvEcZkm78Tus5lib4EcPYU_UBQ60D82SKCdah3d2Z0KGRJsJWDvsdzHXj91YKQhkUKUwWT3GgTqlap/s320/aurangabad314.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPsccmR89UI/AAAAAAAADRM/zHdT9zt5JG8/s1600-h/aurangabad317.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258828267522946370" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPsccmR89UI/AAAAAAAADRM/zHdT9zt5JG8/s320/aurangabad317.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPsccXBDAoI/AAAAAAAADRE/Fr7rcbvTyhs/s1600-h/aurangabad316.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258828263425507970" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPsccXBDAoI/AAAAAAAADRE/Fr7rcbvTyhs/s320/aurangabad316.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPsZ6fuQ_uI/AAAAAAAADQ0/mtwWwrqvpNo/s1600-h/aurangabad318.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPsZ6fuQ_uI/AAAAAAAADQ0/mtwWwrqvpNo/s320/aurangabad318.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is the adjoining cave 27 which was closed for restoration<br /><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; moz-background-clip: initial; moz-background-origin: initial; moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497503314465087901.post-61796387740777791542008-10-17T22:10:00.004+05:302008-11-01T23:30:29.712+05:30Cave 26<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPjDBWHHYNI/AAAAAAAADKY/p9n4o-zTFko/s1600-h/aurangabad334.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258166992837763282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPjDBWHHYNI/AAAAAAAADKY/p9n4o-zTFko/s320/aurangabad334.JPG" border="0" /></a> One of the 5 Prayer halls with some exquisite carving<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPjDB-vK5II/AAAAAAAADKg/boLmSmThab4/s1600-h/aurangabad332.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258167003743184002" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPjDB-vK5II/AAAAAAAADKg/boLmSmThab4/s320/aurangabad332.JPG" border="0" /></a> My friend Anila is happily clicking!<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPjDCeWFiGI/AAAAAAAADKo/lcBxHptnC1g/s1600-h/aurangabad331.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258167012227909730" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPjDCeWFiGI/AAAAAAAADKo/lcBxHptnC1g/s320/aurangabad331.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPjDDNdMEdI/AAAAAAAADKw/hibNvhifdc8/s1600-h/aurangabad330.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258167024874164690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPjDDNdMEdI/AAAAAAAADKw/hibNvhifdc8/s320/aurangabad330.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497503314465087901.post-24771742740050401292008-10-16T23:26:00.003+05:302008-11-01T23:28:21.697+05:30More from Cave 27Seven feet long Buddha <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPjK97bRSeI/AAAAAAAADLE/nkSXk0KH9xs/s1600-h/aurangabad341.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258175730227956194" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPjK97bRSeI/AAAAAAAADLE/nkSXk0KH9xs/s320/aurangabad341.JPG" border="0" /></a> in a sleeping pose (the only carving showing him in this pose) after he gives up his life. The surrounding figures (not visible) here show his followers mourning his passing.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPjK-LDMO1I/AAAAAAAADLM/tdn5aSgDTvk/s1600-h/aurangabad340.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258175734421928786" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPjK-LDMO1I/AAAAAAAADLM/tdn5aSgDTvk/s320/aurangabad340.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPjK-oa81kI/AAAAAAAADLU/FgZevdmxCG4/s1600-h/aurangabad339.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258175742306211394" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPjK-oa81kI/AAAAAAAADLU/FgZevdmxCG4/s320/aurangabad339.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPjK-2b9K_I/AAAAAAAADLc/5VPp_MH0NIA/s1600-h/aurangabad337.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258175746068524018" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPjK-2b9K_I/AAAAAAAADLc/5VPp_MH0NIA/s320/aurangabad337.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPjK_R5b72I/AAAAAAAADLk/cbV1a87vU7E/s1600-h/aurangabad335.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258175753439932258" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Lm6RuuBQwE/SPjK_R5b72I/AAAAAAAADLk/cbV1a87vU7E/s320/aurangabad335.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://localhost:3862/dec4c3cc113e582752f05960ed1637a3/image1923.jpg"></a>This is the famous "Temptation of Mara." Mara is the evil one who tries to tempt Buddha away from his life as an ascetic. (He was originally born as a Prince)<br /><a href="http://localhost:3862/dec4c3cc113e582752f05960ed1637a3/image1924.jpg"></a><br /><a href="http://localhost:3862/dec4c3cc113e582752f05960ed1637a3/image1926.jpg"></a><br /><a href="http://localhost:3862/dec4c3cc113e582752f05960ed1637a3/image1927.jpg"></a></div>Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497503314465087901.post-6230502465375789832008-10-15T21:49:00.002+05:302008-10-24T23:17:36.375+05:30Information & AcknowledgementsAjanta is 106 kms from Aurangabad and is definetly a high point for any visit to Aurangabad. If you really want to enjoy the 30 caves at your pace & keep clicking, go on your own and arrive as early as possible. The entrance opens at 7 a.m. (when you can avoid the rush) and closes at 5.30 a.m. See Blog on Aurangabad listed above for more details on how to get there.<br />Still Photography is permitted. However, use of flash or video photography is strictly prohibited within the caves and rightly so. One may take video clips of the exterior of the caves.<br />The World Heritage series guide on Ajanta published by Archeological Survey of India is a useful and handy publication which gives you good information about each of the caves and what to focus upon. It is available at the ticket office and costs Rs.99/-.<br />We greatly appreciate the excellent efforts of the Archeological Survey of India in restoration and maintenence of this national treasure as well as the useful guide books publised by them. A visit to this site should be for admiring and really absorbing the extraordinarily beautiful art of our ancient craftsmen.Avihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09980192325521727741noreply@blogger.com0