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	Ellora Caves, Travel to Ellora Cave, West India Tours, Heritage Caves of India, Maharashtra Tourism, Ellora Cave ...
		Ellora represents some 300 years of great experiments carried out by different faiths with their very different iconography and structural compulsions.
		Ellora first appears to the visitors as an irregular ridge of rock, rising vertically from the ground.
		Ellora caves are finest specimens of cave temple architecture.
	www.indiantravelportal.com /maharashtra/caves/ellora-caves.html (1119 words)

	ellora
		Ellora is made quantitative and as a result its pictorial, sculptural and textual contents are made to seem equivalent in nature.
		Ellora is a village located Northwest of Aurangabad in the Western Deccan, and the thirty four carved temples line one of its rocky cliffs for a mile.
		Given Ellora's place in history as a tirtha, or center of worship and ritual, the element of water is almost expected as a "purifying, fertilizing element."9 The temples are at once a subtle and dramatic addition to the dry, rugged landscape.
	www.cm.aces.utexas.edu /faculty/skrukowski/writings/ellora.html (5059 words)

	Heritage - Triumph of the chisel,ellora caves, indian heritage, buddha statues,jain statues, jain caves, ancient ...
		The Buddhist cave temples are grouped at the southern end of the Ellora hill.
		The Jain caves at the northern end of Ellora were the last to be excavated.
		Ellora continued to draw a stream of visitors and pilgrims from India and abroad since the creation of the Kailash temple.
	www.indiaprofile.com /heritage/ellora-caves.htm (1238 words)

	HERE-NOW4U :Ranade :Creation of Ajanta and Ellora: Cultural Canvas of Saint Jnaneshvara's Thoughts
		Ellora is the anglicised version of the Prakrit Elura that had undergone a mutation to Verula in Marathi, the local language.
		Ellora artists however remain unrivalled in their capacity to make use of unsounded depth of the rocks and the nebulous world of light and shade for powerful and effective sculptural representations.
		Ellora's style of composition, its diction, its texture, were a matter of taste and fashion prevailing in its environs.
	www.here-now4u.de /eng/creation_of_ajanta_and_ellora_.htm (8528 words)

	The caves of Ellora, India
		Ellora si trova quasi nel centro dell'India, a breve distanza da Bombay e dalla piu` celebre Ajanta.
		Ellora e Ajanta ospitano le cave buddiste piu` celebri dell'India, madri di tutte le cave buddiste dell'Asia.
		La differenza che salta subito all'occhio e` che le cave di Ellora sembrano case, con tanto di cortili antistanti, mentre quelle di Ajanta sono cave nel senso piu` puro del termine.
	www.scaruffi.com /travel/ellora.html (990 words)

	Profile: Ellora (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Ellora was the president of her class all four years, homecoming and prom queen as well making the varsity cheerleading and dance squad as a freshman.
		Her parents were made even more proud when Ellora announced that she was going to serve her country as her father had and enrolled in the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia.
		The ops reported Ellora's excellent investigative and undercover skills and in the traditional Section tradition, Ellora was taken from her cell in the dead of night.
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	Ellora
		The magnificent group of rock-temples at Ellora representing three different sects, Buddhist, Hindu and Jain mark the final culmination of the cave-temple architecture in Western India.
		The Ellora caves nestle in the lap of the Charnadari hill extending over a mile and a quarter in the north-south direction, are 29 kms from Aurangabad.
		The cave monuments of Ellora, chiefly patronized by the Chalukhya-Rashtrakuta rulers (7-10
	www.esamskriti.com /html/elloracaves.htm (847 words)

	Ellora Caves,Ellora Caves India,Ajanta Ellora Cave Temples (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Ellora Caves in Aurangabad, the historical and heritage cave temples in India for Hindu, Buddhist and Jain religion.
		The magnificent group of rock-cut shrines of Ellora, representing three different faiths, Buddhist, Brahmanical and Jaina were excavated during the period from 5th to the 13th century AD.
		Ellora Buddhist Caves (1 to 12) were excavated between the 5th and the 7th centuries AD, when the Mahayana sects were flourishing in the region.
	www.cultural-heritage-india.com /monuments-in-india/ellora-caves.html (524 words)

	ellora guide, ellora city guide, ellora tourist guide, ellora travel information ellora caves guide, ellora caves city ...
		Ellora first appears to the visitors as an irregular ridge of rockrising vertically from the ground.
		The Buddhists first came to Ellora sometime in the early seventh century AD and began excavating in the most accessible place, which was the southern tip of rock face.
		Sculptured images in the caves at Ellora are of Hindu, Jainand Buddhist deities and their consorts, auspicious symbols of apsaras, tree nymphs, attendant of gods, animal motif, tree and plants.
	www.indiatravelinfo.com /maharashtra/ellora1.htm (1213 words)

	Tourism of India - Holiday Ideas
		Situated on the ancient north- south trade route or the dakshinapatha, the tiny mountain village of Verul - mutated today to Ellora -was a well- known stopover for traders, priests and pilgrims who plied the route to the western ports.
		Compared to the Ajanta paintings and sculptures, the Ellora representations are more earthly, drawing elements from the Vajrayana school of Buddhism which was permeated with primitive ideas of magic and mysticism.
		What staggers one at Ellora is the realisation that all that beauty one beholds was fashioned by human hand, more than a millenium ago.
	www.tourismofindia.com /hiwhh/elloracaves.htm (972 words)

	Ajantaajanta Ellora India,Ajanta Ellora Caves,Ajanta Ellora Caves Travel,Ajanta Ellora Travel Package,Ajanta Ellora ...
		The Ellora caves, 34 in number, are carved into the sides of a basaltic hill, 30 kms from Aurangabad.
		The 12 caves to the south are Buddhist, the 17 in the centre dedicated to Hinduism, and the 5 caves to the north are Jain.
		All of Ellora's cave-temples are awesome in size and detail; the most breathtaking of them is the Kailasa Temple, the world's largest monolithic structure, sculptured as intricately as if it were an ivory miniature.
	rrindia.com /maharashtra/ajanta-ellora-india.html (682 words)

	World-Mysteries.com presents Ajanta and Ellora caves including Kailasa Temple
		Although all of the caves at Ellora are stunning architectural feats, the Hindu Kailasa Temple is the jewel in the crown.
		Near Ellora, village in E central Maharashtra state, India, extending more than 1.6 km on a hill, are 34 rock and cave temples (5th—13th century).
		Entry is free to all caves at Ellora except the Kailasa Temple.
	www.world-mysteries.com /mpl_11.htm (1451 words)

	Ellora Cave Temples India 1876
		he rock-cut temples of Ellora are scarcely less remarkable than those of Elephanta.
		Ellora is about 180 miles from Bombay, in the domain of the Nizam of Hyderabad.
		The surface of the rock was coated with chunam, a fine hard plaster resemblijng porcelain, and was painted of divers [diverse] colors.
	www.harappa.com /engr/ellora.html (446 words)

	Ellora Caves (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Classic Travel Related Services Offers tour information to Ajanta and Ellora caves, pilgrimage locations and Shirdi temple.
		Anchialine Caves and Cave Fauna Research on the diversity, significance and distribution of cave animals in anchialine caves -- coastal caves formed in limestone or volcanic rock and flooded with seawater.
		Ellora Center for Performing Arts The objectives of Ellora Center for Performing Arts are to promote the cause of all dance forms, such as Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Mohiniattam and others; and to provide infrastructure and training facilities necessary for performers to improve in th
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Ellora_Caves.html (346 words)

	ELLORA CAVES, AJANTA CAVES-AURANGABAD TOUR PACKAGE
		Aurangabad is a good base for visiting the Ajanta and the Ellora caves.
		In all there are 34 caves at Ellora: 12 Buddhist, 17 Hindu and 5 Jain.
		The Hindu Caves are the most dramatic and impressive of the Ellora cave temples.
	www.armaan.com /aurangabad.htm (143 words)

	Ajanta Ellora Extension Tour,Ajanta Cave Tour,Ellora Cave Tour,India Beach Holidays,Beach Tour Packages,Mumbai Tour ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		To scholars and lovers of art and culture the city is more familiar as the gateway to the ancient caves of Ajanta and Ellora, both famous as treasure houses of Indian Art and Sculpture.
		The exquisite wall and ceiling paintings, panels and sculptures of Buddha's life are famous throughout the world as the earliest and finest examples of Buddhist pictorial art.
		Ellora Caves: Impressive in their own right is the rock-hewn temples and monasteries of Ellora that lie just 30 km away from Aurangabad city.
	www.all-india-travel-tours.com /tour-packages-india-travel/ajanta-ellora-extension-tour-package-india.html (1007 words)

	Ellora Caves (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		India possesses some of the most amazing monuments that can be proclaimed as 'landmarks in the history of architecture', Ellora Caves is one of them.
		Ellora, with its ceaseless array of monuments dating from A.D. 600 to 1000, brings the civilization of ancient India to life.
		Compared to the Ajanta paintings and sculptures, the Ellora representations are more earthly, drawing elements from the Vajrayana school of Buddhism.
	indiantravels.com /monuments-in-india/ellora-caves.html (423 words)

	Ellora Caves (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		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.
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	Ellora (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The cave temples and monastries at Ellora, excavated out of the vertical face of an escarpment are 26 kms north of Aurangabad.
		The most imposing excavation is, without doubt that of the magnificent Kailasa Temple (cave 16) which is the largest single monolithic structure in the world.
		Ellora has been designated as a World Heritage Site, to be preserved as an artistic legacy that will continue to inspire and enrich the lives of generations to come.
	www.ajantatours.com /ellora.htm (264 words)

	Ajanta Ellora,Ajanta Ellora Caves,Ajanta and Ellora Caves Tour,Ajanta Ellora Tour Packages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The claim of Ellora and Ajanta to international fame is that these locations are sites of matchless religious carvings and paintings dating back to 4th to 9th century AD.
		Considered to be one of the wonders of India, Ellora and Ajanta lies secretly hidden in the Sahyadri hills and are a must-visit for any traveler who has knack for knowing and appreciating the past.
		Named World Heritage by UNESCO, the Ellora and Ajanta caves are witnesses to the presence of the highest class of art and culture in India even before history began to be written in most parts of the world.
	www.tajmahal-tours.com /wondersofindia/ajanta-ellora.html (320 words)

	GORP - Divine India - The Guptas: Ajanta and Ellora
		Work on the famous cave temples at Ajanta and Ellora probably began in the 3rd century BC when the area was under Buddhist sway.
		Eighteen miles north of the city of Aurangabad are the Ellora Caves.
		The Ellora Caves are more easily accessible than the Ajanta Caves but the setting is not quite as magnificent.
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	Kailasanatha - Ellora
		The Kailasanatha Temple at Ellora dates back to the period of the 8th century Rashtrakoota ruler Krishna I.
		While the shore temple was built dressed stone, the Kailasanatha temple at Ellora was created by excavating 400 000 tonnes of rock, calling for sheer brilliance on the part of the visionaries who architected the temple plans.
		Other caves of interest in Ellora are the Rameshwar cave, the Sita ki Nahani cave, and several Jain caves such as the Indra Sabha cave, all dating back to the pereiod 6th-9th centuries CE.
	www.indiantemples.com /Maharashtra/ellora.html (462 words)

	Ellora: the Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The great glory of Ellora is the Kailasa Temple, carved from the living rock and completely monolithic.
		Composite photo of the Kailasa Temple at Ellora, from the top of the cliff.
		Ellora is really several sets of caves around the same mountain, which can be tentatively classified by sect.
	www.devi.org /ellora.html (93 words)

	Subterranea of India: Ellora Caves
		Entry to Ellora is free except for the Kailasa Temple.
		R Parimoo et al (1988): Ellora Caves, Sculpture and Architecture, 453pp, 174 plates HB Many books on Ellora are just descriptive account but this volume tends to look further into the paintings.
		It is thought that the builders of Ajanta moved to Ellora when they suddenly ceased construction at Ajanta.
	www.showcaves.com /english/in/misc/Ellora.html (413 words)

	Ellora retreat
		Ellora represents some three hundred years of artistic experiment, carried out by different faiths, with their very different iconography and architecture.
		Ellora also boasts the 12th Jyothirlinga temple Ghrushneswar the most venerated temples to Lord Shiva in Hindustan, there has been a constant puja there for the last five millennia, a very powerful place!
		Hotel Kailas in Ellora village is where we will be staying during our visit.
	www.hathayogaretreats.com /content/ellora.htm (329 words)

	rediff.com US edition: Ellora Pathnaik: A heady cocktail of talent
		She may look like a statuette belonging to an ancient mythological era, but Ellora Pathnaik is a tangy gal of today's times who can ride horses, climb trees, dance and act.
		Ellora's dancing background proved a boon for her role in My Own Country.
		One, who is sensitive and is terribly influenced by society norms and the other is this glamorous doll who lives by her rules," says Ellora.
	www.rediff.com /us/2000/may/02us.htm (745 words)

	Ellora Caves Tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The cave temples and monasteries at Ellora, excavated out of the vertical face of an escarpment, are 26 kms.
		Cave 8: This is the only monastery at Ellora, where the sanctum is isolated from the rear wall, with a circular passage around it.
		On the rear wall are images of the goddess Durga and Lord Ganesha, indicating that this cave was later converted for worship by Hindus.
	www.locateindia.com /ellora/ellora-caves-tour.html (1116 words)

	Tours of Ellora, Tour Packages Ellora, Tour Packages for Ellora, Ellora Tour Packages, Ellora Tours, Tour of Ellora, ...
		Unlike the Ajanta Caves, the Ellora Caves were never lost as it lies on the path that is more treaded upon and is thus more noticed and talked about by the people.
		In comparison with the Ajanta caves, the depictions on the caves of Ellora are earthier, drawing fundamentals from the Vajrayana school of Buddhism, which was imbued with ancient ideas of magic and mysticism.
		The carvings on the walls of the Ellora caves are considered to be the beginning of conventional Indian Art.
	www.indiatoursandpackages.com /destinations/tour-packages-ellora.html (347 words)

	JAINA CAVE TEMPLES at ELLORA
		Jainas who often followed architecturally the footsteps of Hindus also followed suit here in Ellora, carving a rock temple called "the Chota (small) Kailasa" temple at cave 30 in the 9th century.
		While walking inside the temples of Ellora, people might loose the sense of direction and feel as if they are in a maze.
		One of the reasons of this feeling could be that these 10 units of temples were not established based on a comprehensive master plan, but each one of them was carved one after another with intervals.
	www.ne.jp /asahi/arc/ind/jaina/2_ellora/ell_eng.htm (2095 words)

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