The rainfall has resulted in rainwater seeping into cave number 32<\/strong> at the world-renowned Ellora Caves, causing some damage to a painting.<\/span><\/p>\n Cave no 32<\/strong> is also known as \u2018Indra Sabha\u2019 Cave<\/strong>. It is a two-storey architectural marvel excavated in the ninth century. It is considered as the largest and finest of the Jain caves<\/strong> at the Ellora site.<\/span><\/p>\n Ellora Caves<\/b> is a UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/strong> located in the Aurangabad district<\/strong> of Maharashtra<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n The cave consists of 34 monasteries and temples<\/strong> devoted to Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism<\/strong>. This illustrates the spirit of tolerance that was characteristic of ancient India.<\/span><\/p>\n Among the 34 monasteries and temples, <\/span>17 belong to Hinduism, 12 to Buddhism and 5 to Jainism.<\/span><\/p>\n Caves related to Hinduism: <\/strong>The prominent caves of the Brahmanical group are Cave 15<\/strong> (Dasavatara, or Cave of Ten Incarnations), Cave 16<\/strong> (Kailasa, the largest monolithic temple), Cave 21<\/strong> (Ramesvara), and Cave 29<\/strong> (Dumar Lena).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Caves related to Buddhism<\/strong>: Amongst the caves of the Buddhist group, Cave 10<\/strong> (Visvakarma or Sutar-ki-jhopdi, the Carpenter\u2019s cave) and Cave 12<\/strong> (Teen Tal, or three-storied monastery) are particularly important. These caves mark the development of the Vajrayana form of Buddhism<\/strong> and represent a host of Buddhist deities.<\/span><\/p>\n Caves related to Jainism: <\/strong>\u200b\u200b<\/span>The Jaina group of caves (caves 30 \u2013 34<\/strong>) is exquisitely carved with fine, delicate sculptures, and includes fine paintings dedicated to the Digambara sect<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Source: <\/b>This post is based on the article <\/span>\u201c<\/b>Maharashtra: Rain water mars painting in prominent cave at Ellora<\/b>\u201d<\/b> published in<\/span> TOI on 22nd September 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the News? The rainfall has resulted in rainwater seeping into cave number 32 at the world-renowned Ellora Caves, causing some damage to a painting. About Cave number 32 Cave no 32 is also known as \u2018Indra Sabha\u2019 Cave. It is a two-storey architectural marvel excavated in the ninth century. It is considered as… Continue reading Maharashtra: Rain water mars painting in prominent cave at Ellora<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,7965,9],"tags":[673,9898,8960],"class_list":["post-136096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-art-and-culture","tag-ellora-painting","tag-paintings","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704789986},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136096\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About Cave number 32<\/strong><\/h5>\n
What are Ellora Caves?<\/b><\/h5>\n