A painting of Ajanta Caves made by Gajendra Aware, a primary teacher from the Aurangabad district, has won the top award at Torso India — an international platform of art competition and auction.

It’s these later caves from the reign of Harisena—1-8, 11 and 14-31 (these clusters hold the bulk of the surviving painted murals as well) that tell the most compelling story of Ajanta.

An image of an ancient mural from India’s Ajanta Caves has been converted to special film and deposited in an Arctic mountain archive to keep it safe for future generations.

The popular UNESCO world heritage site, comprising 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments, is located about 100 km from the Aurangabad district headquarters.

Ajanta Caves were carved out of a 250 ft wall and had monasteries and Buddhist halls of worship. The paintings represented the different lives and rebirths of the Buddha with sculptures of other ...

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Ajanta Caves / Ellora Caves (India) XII.84 The Bureau examined the report on the state of conservation of these two World Heritage properties presented in document WHC-02/CONF.201/11Rev and the ...

A classic masterpiece of Buddhist art, the Ajanta caves, is a UNESCO world heritage site and a protected monument of the Archaeological Survey of India. But the cave paintings have started ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreIn May 2001, the World Heritage Centre received information on restoration of sculptures within Ajanta Caves using cement mortar, which has been recognized by the ...