Ellora: The Enormous Kailasa Temple

Subterranean Splendour

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February 13th 2007
Travellers use the city of Aurangabad as a base for exploring the nearby caves of Ellora and Ajanta, we followed suit. We made our first balls-up of the whole journey so far, missing a train by over half an hour. The coolest thing though was despite us being at fault we still were able to cancel our ticket after the train had left and claimed a refund of 50%!i(MISSING)magine that happening in the ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more