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Asia » India » Maharashtra » Ajanta Caves December 13th 2008

Asia » India » Maharashtra » Ajanta Caves October 13th 2008

Apres un bref passage a Ahmedabad dans le Gujarat (sud du Rajasthan), qui ne nous a pas vraiment enchante, nous avons pris la route pour les caves d'Ellora et d'Ajanta dans la Maharastra. Ces caves d'inspiration bouddistes, hindouistes, et jainistes sont un temoignage magnifique de ce qu'il est possible de faire par devouement. Creuses dans des grottes, ce sont de veritables temples que nous avons trouves avec emerveillement. Les sculptures sont parfois incroyablement detaillees et surtout bien conservees et on peut encore meme trouver des peintures sur les plafonds. On a pu admirer d'enormes statues de Shiva et de Bouddha, plus grandes que nous, et c'est bien impressionnant, on se sent tout petit! on a d'ailleurs pris un paquet de photos...... read more
Une grotte bouddhique d'Ajanta
Une des nombreuses representations de Bouddha
seance de meditation

Asia » India » Maharashtra » Ajanta Caves September 25th 2008

Wir reissen uns von den Kamasutra Temples los und fahren, nun bereits Standard, mit dem Nachtzug weiter nach Jalgaon (welches sehr seltsam ausgesprochen wird und zu oftmaligem wiederholen unserer gewuenschten Destination fuehrt). Dort suchen wir das Palace Hotel auf, welches hier namentlich Erwaehung finden muss, da es das beste Hotel der Reise ist (wenn auch leicht angehobene Preise seit es LP's "our pick" ist) . wir bekommen sauberen Bettbezug, ein sauberes Bad und der Hotelbesitzer erklaert uns sogar wie man Wasserhaehne bei Klo und Bad auf- und zuzudrehen hat. Er ist ein wirklcih hilfsbereiter Mann und zeichnet uns eine kleine Karte der Umgebung, erklaert uns wie man zu den Caves kommt und gibt uns allerlei hilfreiche Tipps. Nachdem wir doch noch unser Ticket fuer den naechsten Nachtzug kaufen und wieder einmal noch auf unsere confirmation bis ... read more

Asia » India » Maharashtra » Ajanta Caves August 16th 2008

The ruins of Ajanta and Ellora were on my mind since days…may be since I developed this inclination towards ruins/temples/forts and Mythology… I had written to many of these tour operators in Aurangabad (the nearest city to these sites) for a customized travel plan. Did not want any fancy sites/markets/city tour attached. The focus was very clear. It was an easy flight from Mumbai to Aurangabad…checked into the hotel, and started immediately. Couldn’t wait I guess. It took us around 2hrs and a little more to reach Ajantha - The horse shoe shaped series of Buddhist caves. Along the bottom of the ravine runs the river Waghur, a mountain stream. There are 29 caves (as officially numbered by the Archaeological Survey of India), excavated from the south side of the precipitous scarp made by the cutting ... read more
Ajantha - on our way
Ajantha - buddhist cave
Ajantha - buddhist stupa

Asia » India » Maharashtra » Ajanta Caves February 27th 2008

Kao sto smo vec navikli, iako sav normalan svet ide vozovima, ulazimo u autobus do Ajanta pecina. To su pecine gde su napravilil budisti, i tu tako ustekovani zivotarili u jednom predivnom pejzazu a to ce te videti na slici. Najstarije su jos iz drugog veka p.n.e. i unutra su oslkane slicno nasim freskama. Na putu do tamo doziveli smo i ono cega se uvek plasimo dok smo u autobusu, samo u najslabijem obliku. Kamion iz suprotng pravca razbio svoj retrovizor o przor pored Dusanove glave. Srecom je uvukao ruku unutr posto mu je onako, kamiondzijski izgorela ( samo jedna), inace bi se privikavao da pise sa levom. Vreo dan , normaln ceka nas gomila cimaca koji ovoputa prodaju neke kvarcne kristale i to skrivene u unutrasnjost kamenja (neverujem da vam je jasno, ali nastavicu). Normalno ... read more
Pecine
vodopad

Asia » India » Maharashtra » Ajanta Caves September 2nd 2007

Background- Ajanta Caves - in Maharashtra, are rock-cut cave monuments dating from the second century BCE, containing paintings and sculpture considered to be masterpieces of both "Buddhist religious art" and "universal pictorial art".... read more
Buddha statue - Ajanta caves
Inside Ajanta caves
Site of Ajanta caves

Asia » India » Maharashtra » Ajanta Caves July 2nd 2007

The amazing and alluring Ajanta Caves (75*40’N, 20*30’E) (no idea what that means) are famous for their murals which are the finest surviving examples of Indian art, particularly painting, and I must say a hell of a lot ore enticing than anything I saw in the Museum of Modern Art in Mumbai. These caves were excavated in horse-shoe shaped band of rock scarp, home to lots of lovely squirrels, nearly 76m in height overlooking a narrow stream, which consisted of a dry bed at the time of our visit, known as Waghora, with a very impressive waterfall at one end that actually showed shallow traces of water left in pools. The location of this valley provided a calm and serene environment for the Buddhist monks who retreated at these secluded places during the rainy season, and ... read more

Asia » India » Maharashtra » Ajanta Caves January 7th 2007

So i left the sandy beaches behind for the sacred sights of inland India, luckily the sun decided to follow!!!!... My trip would take me from Goa inland to Hampi which was my first of many 12 hour overnight journeys during next few days!!! Where i stayed for 2 nights and 3 days, done lots of walking lots of temples and spent lots of time watching the locals and just reading by the river... Then another 12 hours to Pune (poona) where i just got of had brekkie and hopped back on an Eight hour bus and headed for Jalgoan. Found my best little hotel in India so far there, even had Cable TV!!!! and the town was a bustling little place with great street markets... From here i visited the Ajanta Caves then headed to ... read more
Hampi
Ellora Caves.... View...
Ellora Caves..... Kailasa Temple

Asia » India » Maharashtra » Ajanta Caves December 20th 2006

(Matheran vers Pune, Pune vers Aurangabad) 20 déc. Le plan discuté est de quitter Matheran pour retourner à Pune, puis de se rendre à Aurangabad et Ellora. On veut éviter d’aller à Goa à Noël et au jour de l’an : trop cher et trop de touristes paraît-il. Ça nous va. On fera de la plage en janvier! On se retape le city train pour retourner à Pune. Un indien crie une étrange phrase par cœur. Il veut vendre ses popsicles qu’il sort d’un vieux baril en métal avec Bob l’éponge dessus. Il vous sert l’alléchante glace en l’enroulant dans un vieux papier journal. Miam. Hygiénique à souhaits! On embarque ensuite dans l’autre train, pour refaire le 2h30 en sens inverse, vers Pune cette fois. On est assis par terre, entre deux wagons. Il n’y a ... read more
Caves à Ajanta
Rivière polluée
Train

Asia » India » Maharashtra » Ajanta Caves November 23rd 2006

This time I managed to make the early start and joined a British couple, Helen & Darren - who were to become my cave companions. We set off on a local bus to the T-junction venturing further and further into the bush. The landscape really reminded me of Malawi, clear blue sky, scrubland by the side of the road, forested areas and barren hillsides. Arriving at our destination literally in the middle of no-where, where two road crossed by a rather shabby hotel, we set of to find our way to the first entrance and Euro bus, the sun beating down and as my rucksack dug into my shoulders. Successfully, we arrived at the base of the escarpement. I'd seen a photo of the caves, carved into a almost vertical cliff edge of an interlocking spur, ... read more




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