Yes ! Every single block of stone has a statue inside it and specially in case of ellora caves there’s a cave that is featured by a single largest monolithic rock excavation, which has been sculpted into the large sculpture of Kailash temple .
Ellora is a complete packege of beautiful sculpture of different deities , that includes many Buddha caves , a big Vishwakarma cave along with the Kailash temple.
There are 100 caves in toto among which only 34 caves are open for visitors . These consist of 17 Hindu caves , 12 Buddha caves and 5 Jain caves . These caves are situated approximately 29 kms away from the auranvabad city .
Cave 16 is center of attraction i.e. kailash temple. It is the largest of all and very beautiful. As we enter the caves 1stly we get introduced to this cave 16. It’s major area consist of big garbha griha in which there is linga yoni and spire shaped like mountain kailash. Walls are carved with statues of ganga,indra, agni, vayu,surya and even there is twelve episodes of childhood of krishna bhagwan .
mesmerizing beauty of ellora caves introduces us the beautiful artistic hands of people lived in that period.
I hope this will give you all a brief idea about ellora caves .
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