We visited the Ellora caves the first day and the Ajanta caves the second. Both are carved into the rock face so they are warm and feature intricately carved temples. Ellora has Hindu, Jain and Budhist temples and is smaller. Ajanta is only Budhist and much larger and busier. It was forgotten and buried for 800 years so the paintings have survived and we had to take off our shoes to go in. We saw groups of Budhist monks in saffron robes and one had a pretty fancy digital camera. There were not many westerners. It is not a well known tourist area which is a shame. It is a UNESCO world heritage site and very impressive. One cave was full of bats Emma!
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