Ellora Caves
Thirty four temples of three religions cut into one basalt cliff, including Kailasa, carved downward from a single rock.
- Where
- Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
- Grade
- Wonder of the world
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 12 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 20.0268, 75.1767
Get the Ellora Caves stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Ellora Caves. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Maharashtra volume with your photos and a note.
Near Ellora Caves
Kailasa Temple, Ellora 0.4 km
Carved downwards out of a single cliff until a whole temple stood free of the rock, courtyards and all.
Grishneshwar Temple 1.5 km
The last of the twelve Jyotirlingas, beside Ellora.
Tomb of Aurangzeb 2.9 km
An unmarked grave at Khuldabad, left plain by his own instruction, in the courtyard of a Sufi shrine.
Daulatabad Fort 10 km
A hill fort with a moat cut from rock and a spiral tunnel defenders could fill with smoke, never taken by force.
Aurangabad Caves 19 km
Buddhist caves nobody stops for, above the city.
Bibi ka Maqbara 20 km
Aurangzeb's son built it for his mother in imitation of the Taj, on a tenth of the budget, and it shows honestly.
Salim Ali Lake 22 km
A Mughal tank at Aurangabad renamed for the ornithologist, with a bird park round it.
Pitalkhora Caves 37 km
Fourteen caves in a ravine in the Satmalas, among the earliest rock-cut work in the Deccan.
Questions
Where is Ellora Caves?
Ellora Caves is in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Kailasa Temple, Ellora (0.4 km), Grishneshwar Temple (1.5 km), Tomb of Aurangzeb (2.9 km).
How do I get the Ellora Caves stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Ellora Caves and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Maharashtra volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Ellora Caves before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Maharashtra volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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