Ajanta Caves
Thirty caves cut into a horseshoe cliff, painted by monks and then forgotten for a thousand years.
- Where
- Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 20.5522, 75.7033
Get the Ajanta Caves stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Ajanta 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 Ajanta Caves
Ajanta Viewpoint 0.3 km
The horseshoe gorge seen whole from across the ravine, which is how a British hunting party found the caves in 1819.
Ajanta Cave 26 0.3 km
A chaitya hall with a reclining Buddha seven metres long carved into its side wall, and ribs cut to look like timber.
Pitalkhora Caves 79 km
Fourteen caves in a ravine in the Satmalas, among the earliest rock-cut work in the Deccan.
Ellora Caves 80 km
Thirty four temples of three religions cut into one basalt cliff, including Kailasa, carved downward from a single rock.
Kailasa Temple, Ellora 80 km
Carved downwards out of a single cliff until a whole temple stood free of the rock, courtyards and all.
Tomb of Aurangzeb 81 km
An unmarked grave at Khuldabad, left plain by his own instruction, in the courtyard of a Sufi shrine.
Grishneshwar Temple 81 km
The last of the twelve Jyotirlingas, beside Ellora.
Aurangabad Caves 82 km
Buddhist caves nobody stops for, above the city.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Maharashtra
Questions
Where is Ajanta Caves?
Ajanta Caves is in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Ajanta Viewpoint (0.3 km), Ajanta Cave 26 (0.3 km), Pitalkhora Caves (79 km).
How do I get the Ajanta Caves stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Ajanta 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 Ajanta 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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