The invaluable ensemble of 34 caves at Ellora in the Charanandri ... offers an extraordinary repertory of sculpted and painted forms of a very high plastic quality and an encyclopaedic program.

Artists who carved and painted ancient sacred artworks in India’s Ellora Caves were not only familiar with cannabis – they used hemp fibres to preserve their art. Cannabis has been used as ...

A mixture of hemp, clay and lime plaster is responsible for preserving paintings and intricately carved scenes in the sacred Ellora Caves ... The designs painted on the wall and ceilings represent ...

The doorframes and pillars are elaborately carved and the ceiling is extensively painted. Cave 4 is the ... odd kilometres from Aurangabad, the caves of Ellora were carved out of the step-like ...

the Ellora caves epitomize the zenith of Indian rock-cut architecture. As many as 34 caves extol the glories of Buddhist, Hindu and Jain mythology and philosophy. Built by the Rashtrakuta dynasty ...

The downpour during September has resulted in rain water seeping into cave number 32 at the world-renowned Ellora Caves here for the first time ever, causing some damage to a painting. The ASI top ...

Archaeology experts have claimed to have found the agent - a proper mix of hemp with clay and lime plaster - that has prevented the famous Ellora caves from degrading over the 1,500 years they ...

Five caves at the Ellora world heritage site in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district will be illuminated with LED lights and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will try to complete the work ...