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His crusade was not directed against Islam either. He makes it clear in the' following words. "Men quarrel over food and dress, rituals and caste, community and creed and have thus torn man fr...

Banda Singh Bahadur, gave a sharp turn to the history of the Sikhs. It was this great hero who in the next seven years (1709-1715) shook the Mughal empire in the north-west to its very foundation a...

Granth Sahib, go on day and night. The dome is polished and on the pinnacle is the kalash made of gold plated copper. Some of the sacred relics of Guru Gobind Singh are also preserved here. These ...

faith in the holy Granth, as your master and consider it the visible manifestation of the Gurus. He who hath a pure It is a two-storey building. The architectural design resembles that of the Gol...

The Kailasa cave is known all over for its brilliant architecture and its elaborate workmanship. Cave 12 is a Buddhist cave and is also known as Tintala. The most fascinating fact about the cave is...

temples are carved out of basaltic cliffs. The Hindu caves are the most elaborately designed. Cave 16 is called Kailasa for its location in the Kailas range of the Himalayas.

The Buddhist caves date back between 200 BC to 600 AD. The Hindu temples date back from about 500 AD to 900 while the temples representing Jainism date from about 800 AD to 1000 AD.

Ellora is a centre of Tantarism and magical and occult practices can be observed here. There are 12 Buddhist caves, 17 Hindu temples and 5 Jain temples.

representatives of three faiths- Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. 12 of the caves areBuddhists, 17 in the centre represent Hindu faith while remaining 5 caves to the north are representatives of Jai...

, incidents from the life of Buddha and the Jatakas. The paintings are executed on a ground of mud-plaster in the tempera technique.

475-500 AD), dedicated Cave 16 to the Buddhist sangha while Cave 17 was the gift of the prince, a feudatory. An inscription records that- Buddha image in Cave 4 was the gift of some Abhayanandi who...

All the caves of the earlier phase date between 2nd century BC-AD. The caves of the second phase were excavated during the supremacy of the Vakatakas and Guptas.

The caves including the unfinished ones are thirty in number, of which five (9, 10, 19, 26 and 29) are chaitya-grihas and the rest are sangharamas or viharas (monasteries).

The view point from where John Smith first glimsed the caves, provides a magnificent sight of the U-Shaped gorge and its scenic surroundings.Ajanta has been designated as a World Heritage Site,

the walls of the caves are paintings, many still glowing with their original colours. The outer walls are covered with brilliantly executed sculpture.

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9:00 am to 9:30 pm Thursday 9:00 am to 9:00 pm Saturday and Sunday Every Day Dhop Aarathi at 6:30 pm Shej Aarathi at 8:30 pm Thursday Dh...

The town is tiny and is of just 2 Sq km. It has a main street and is full of narrow by lanes that are covered with small shops, most of them selling material that are offered at the temple.

The city earns the major part of its revenue from the tourists and pilgrims whose number sometimes crosses the 30000 mark with utmost ease. T

Sai Baba, this town is sure to take you down the lane of everlasting belief and devotion for Sai Baba's principles and the Lord himself." Shirdi is a small town on the Ahmednagar- Manmad high...

Day 2 Visit world famous Ajanta & back. Night stay at hotel Day 3 Visit Ellora caves, Ghrishneshwar temple, Aurangazebs tomb & back to hotel Day 4 Visit Shirdi (Saint Sai Baba's Shrine) o...