Places To Visit In Aurangabad
Aurangabad is a city in Maharastra state in India. The city is a tourism hub, surrounded by many historical monuments, including the Ajanta caves
While Aurangabad is known for the kind of industrial production and companies that provide employment to the local people the city
is known for being the tourism hub of Maharashtra
It has been surrounded by many historical monuments and structures like Bibi ka Mqbara and Aurangabad certainly prospered as Khadki under the rule.
Malik Amber as he managed to spend money and his men would support the city well
PLACES TO VISIT IN AURANGABAD
- Bibi ka Maqbara
- Aurangabad Caves
- Ellora caves
- Pitalkhora Buddhist caves
- Pitalkhora Buddhist caves
Bibi Ka Maqbara
The Bibi Ka Maqbara is a tomb located in Aurangabad, Maharashtra,
India. It was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan’s grandson
and Aurangzeb’s son Muhammad Azam Shah
Meanwhile in memory of his beloved mother ‘Rabia-ul-Daurani’ alias ‘Dilras Bano Begum’.
It was commissioned in 1660 by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in memory of his wife Dilras Banu Begum and is considered to be a symbol
of Aurangzeb’s ‘conjugal fidelity’.
However, it bears a striking resemblance to the Taj Mahal, the mausoleum of Aurangzeb’s mother, Mumtaz Mahal.
Aurangzeb was not much interested in architecture though he had commissioned the small, but elegant, Pearl Mosque in Delhi.
Aurangabad Caves
Aurangabad caves are twelve rock-cut Buddhist shrines located on a hill running roughly east to west, close to the city of Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
The first reference to the Aurangabad Caves is in the great chaitya of Kanheri Caves.
Aurangabad Caves were dug out of while comparatively soft basalt rock during the 6th and 7th centuries.
Caves are divided into three separate groups depending on their location: these are usually called the “Western Group”, with Caves I to V, the “Eastern Group”,
with Caves VI to IX, and a “Northern Cluster”, with the unfinished Caves X to XII.
The carvings at the Aurangabad Caves are notable for including a Hinayana-style stupa, Mahayana artwork, and the Vajrayana goddess.
These caves are among those in India that show 1st millennium CE Buddhist artwork with goddesses such as Durga, and gods such as Ganesha,
although Buddhist caves in other parts of India with these arts are older.
Ellora Caves
Ellora is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Aurangabad of Maharashtra, India.
It is one of the largest rock-cut Hindu temple cave complexes in the world, with artwork dating from the period 600–1000 CE.
Cave 16 features the largest single monolithic rock excavation in the world, the Kailash temple, a chariot-shaped monument dedicated to the god Shiva.
The Kailash temple excavation also features sculptures depicting various Hindu deities as well as relief panels summarizing the two major Hindu epics.
There are over 100 caves at the site, all excavated from the basalt cliffs in the Charanandri Hills, 34 of which are open to the public.
These while consisting of 17 Hindu, 12 Buddhist, and 5 Jain caves, where each group representing deities and mythologies prevalent in the 1st millennium CE
Places To Visit In Aurangabad
Pitalkhora Buddhist Caves
The Pitalkhora Caves, in the while Satmala range of the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India, is an ancient Buddhist site consisting of 14 rock-cut cave monuments.
which date back to the third century BCE, making them one of the earliest examples of rock-cut architecture in India.
Located about 40 kilometers from Ellora, then the site is reached by a steep climb down a flight of concrete stairs, past a waterfall next to the caves.
Pitalkhora Buddhist Caves
The Pitalkhora while Caves, in the Satmala range.
of the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India, is an ancient Buddhist site consisting of 14 rock-cut cave monuments.
which date back to the third century BCE,
while making them one of the earliest examples of rock-cut architecture in India.
Located about 40 kilometers from Ellora, then the site is reached by a steep climb down a flight of concrete stairs, past a waterfall next to the caves.
Places To Visit In Aurangabad
The Aurangabad offers unique insights into how art interfaced
with Buddhist practice in the western Deccan during the first 700 years of the Common Era.
However, by relating the evidence available at Aurangabad
While what where we see in other rock-cut sites and evidence available at Aurangabad.
what we see in other rock rock-cut sites of Ajanta Aurangabad can’t be automatic.
associated with the rest.
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