Cave no 1 Ancient Ajanta

This is one of the Finest monasteries of its kind and no other monastery at Ajanta has been
So Handsomely ornamented.The Mahayaba monastery consist of an open courtyard, Verandah, a hypostylar hall,
sanctum with an antechamber and cells. The sanctum houses Lord Buddha in preaching posture with Bodhisattvas
on either side and five disciples and a wheel flaned by deers at the base of the pedestal suggests symolically Buddha's first
sermon at sarnath.

Every inch of this cave was originally painted. even the pillars and the sculptures being no exceptions

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The AJANTA CAVES or Caves of Ajanta is world's greatest historical monument recognised by UNESCO far near from Jalgaon city of Maharashtra, India. There are 30 caves in Ajanta of which 9, 10, 19, 26 and 29 are chaitya-grihas and the rest are monasteries. These caves were discovered in AD 1819 and were built up in the earlier 2nd century BC-AD. Most of the paintings in Ajanta are right from 2nd century BC-AD and some of them about the fifth century AD and continued for the next two centuries. All paintings shows heavy religious influence and centre around Buddha, Bodhisattvas, incidents from the life of Buddha and the Jatakas. The paintings are executed on a ground of mud-plaster in the tempera technique

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