The remarkable Ellora Caves complex covers an area of over two square kilometers in the Maharashtra province and is essential viewing for all visitors to the area. The cave complex consists of a collection of 34 Buddhist, Jainist, and Brahmanist monolithic temples that have been hand-chiseled out of a mountainside and then filled with delicate art works. The temples were created between the 5th and 10th centuries, and unlike the similar caves at Ajanta, which are all Buddhist, these caves demonstrate remarkable religious tolerance, which was mostly unheard of at the time. Possibly due to a little competition between the artisans, these temples are remarkably elaborate and truly humbling when you consider what resources were available when they were created. You can visit both the Ellora and Ajanta cave sites on a day trip from Mumbai. Ellora Caves

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