Bhaja Caves

Bhaja Caves

Bhaja Caves, near the Karla Caves, are a group of 18 rock-cut caves dating back to 200 BC. located near Lonavala, a hill station, and Karli in the western state of Maharashtra between the cities of Mumbai and Pune in India. It is on a major trade route that runs from the Arabian Sea eastward, into the Deccan in a region that is the division between North India and South India..cite web
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Viharas make up ten caves, and one is a chaitya, stylistically similar to the Karla Caves. There is also group of 14 stupas, five inside and nine outside the caves. One of the caves has some fine sculptures. Near the last cave is a waterfall which, during the monsoon season, has water that falls into a small pool at the bottom. [cite web
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The chaitrya has unique reliefs of Indian mythology. Other caves have a nave and aisle, with an apse containing a solid stupa and the aisle circling round the apse, providing the circumambulation path. [cite web
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ee also

*Karla Caves
*Karli
*Indian rock-cut architecture
*List of India cave temples

Notes

External links

* [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/bce_099_000/bhaja/bhaja.html Wonderful photos of Bhaja Caves]
* [http://www.cave-biology.org cave-biology.org] Cave biology (biospeleology) in India.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lELou4aaEts Kanheri Caves Decoded]


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