History, Best Places to Visit and Travel Guide of Ellora, Maharashtra, India
Verul also known as Ellora, the small village of Khulatabad Taluka of Aurangabad district of Maharashtra is very popular in tourist and devotee for Grishneshwar temple – one of the twelve Jyotirlinga, Ellora temple caves complex. Ellora is UNESCO world heritage site and one of the largest rock-cut cave complex in the world which was around 1500 years old. In total more than 100 caves were constructed here but 34 are kept open for public. Out of 34, there are 17 Hindu caves 13–29, 12 Buddhist caves 1–12 and 5 Jain caves 30–34. One of the main attraction of caves is, the Kailasha temple, largest rock-cut Hindu temples of world located in cave 16 at the Ellora Caves.
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