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Entrance to Ellora Caves
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Cave 16, an 8th century AD Hindu Temple
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Cave 16
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Cave 16
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Carvings telling epic tales
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Cave 16
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Multi-armed god pushing inside a mountain to create an earthquake
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Cave 16
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This shows how the temple was just carved from the mountainside
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Cave 16
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Jain temple complex, Ellora
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Jain temple, 11th-12th century AD
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Original frescoed ceiling of the Jain temple
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Carvings inside a Jain temple (Cave 32)
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Carvings inside a Jain temple (Cave 32)
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Interior of Jain temple
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Intricate carving of columnn in Jain temple
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Elephant sculpture, Jain temple
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Approaching Ajanta Caves
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Original frescoes in Buddhist cave temple from ~5th century AD, Ajanta
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Frescoes and carved columns
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Frescoes and carved columns
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Carved column and ceiling decoration in another cave
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Buddha statue and columns in second cave
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Statues outside another cave temple from ~200 BC
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Lines on palm of statue
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Interior of temple, with stupa
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Stupa (without relics) in temple, carved in place from the basalt
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Original frescoes from ~200 BC in third cave
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Carvings above the columns