UNESCO World Heritage CentreThe first Buddhist cave monuments at Ajanta date from the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. During the Gupta period (5th and 6th centuries A.D.), many more richly decorated caves ...

AURANGABAD: There is a need to control the number of tourists at Ajanta caves in order to protect the world heritage site for future generations, said Milan Kumar Chauley, the superintendent ...

This story is from March 12, 2022 Aurangabad: Integrated development plan for Ajanta, Ellora on the cards TNN / Updated: Mar 12, 2022, 11:04 IST ...

The main sightseeing at Ajanta and Ellora is in the cave complex at both these places. The 30 caves at Ajanta are set in a horseshoe formation, along a high ridge above the gorge of the Waghora river.

The project will be operated from a secluded site called ’Ajanta view point’, which is away from the light and gives a 270 degree view of Ajanta Caves hill, MTDC general manager Chandrashekhar ...

They were shut more than three months ago due to surge in Covid-19 cases. The Ajanta Caves, a Unesco world heritage site, is located 5km northeast of Aurangabad in Maharashtra. (HT file photo) ...

The Akhil Bharatiya Bhikhu Sangh, along with all Ambedkarite parties and the Ambedkarwadi Bahujan Vikas Samiti, have demanded the installation of a large statue of Lord Gautam Buddha at the Harsul ...

Ajanta was “discovered” by a British hunting party in 1819 but it is clear from their accounts that the caves were fairly well known to local villagers at the time.