Marathwada
Aurangabad District
Khuldabad

Ellora

Ellora Caves are an impressive complex of rock shrines that represent the three faiths of Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism and were created between the 5th and the 13th centuries CE.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ancient cave temples of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism in Maharashtra, India
  • Also known as: “Ellora caves”, “Ellora Caves”, and “Elora”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kailasanath Temple and Grishneshwar Temple.

Hindu temple
Photo: G41rn8, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Kailasha or Kailasha-natha temple is the largest of the rock-cut at the Ellora Caves in Sambhaji Nagar district of , India.

Hindu temple
Photo: Rashmi.parab, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga is a of Shiva in Verul village of , . It is one of the 12 Jyotirlinga mandirs.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Khuldabad.

Photo: Lala Deen Dayal, Public domain.
is a town 27 km north-west of . It's called the City of Mosques due to the large number of mosques. Here you can find the tomb of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.

Ellora

Latitude
20.0268° or 20° 1′ 36″ north
Longitude
75.1767° or 75° 10′ 36″ east
Population
1,000
Elevation
605 metres (1,985 feet)
Open location code
7JGQ25GG+PM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 115566920
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
1272059
Wiki­data ID
Q189616
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Ellora” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Shpellat Ellora”
  • Arabic: “مغارات إلورا”
  • Armenian: “Էլլորա”
  • Assamese: “ইলোৰা গুহাসমূহ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ellora mağaraları”
  • Basque: “Ellora”
  • Basque: “Ellorā”
  • Belarusian: “Элора”
  • Bengali: “ইলোরা গুহাসমূহ”
  • Bulgarian: “Елора”
  • Burmese: “အယ်လိုရာလိုဏ်ဂူ”
  • Catalan: “Ellora”
  • Catalan: “Ellorā”
  • Cebuano: “Ellora Caves”
  • Chinese: “埃洛拉石窟”
  • Chinese: “埃洛拉石窟群”
  • Chinese: “愛羅拉石窟”
  • Croatian: “Ellora”
  • Croatian: “Špilje Ellore”
  • Croatian: “Špiljski hramovi Ellore”
  • Czech: “Ellora”
  • Czech: “Ellóra”
  • Czech: “Éllóra”
  • Czech: “Jeskyně Ellóra”
  • Czech: “Jeskyně Éllóra”
  • Danish: “Ellora Caves”
  • Dutch: “Ellora”
  • Dutch: “Grotten van Ellora”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كهوف الورا”
  • Esperanto: “Ellora”
  • Finnish: “Ellora”
  • French: “Ellora”
  • French: “Ellorâ”
  • Georgian: “ელორის გამოქვაბული”
  • German: “Ellora-Höhlen”
  • German: “Ellora”
  • German: “Elura”
  • Gujarati: “ઇલોરાની ગુફાઓ”
  • Hebrew: “מערות אלורה”
  • Hindi: “एलोरा की गुफाएँ”
  • Hindi: “एलोरा गुफाएं”
  • Hindi: “एलोरा”
  • Hindi: “एल्लोरा गुफाएं”
  • Hindi: “एल्लोरा”
  • Hungarian: “Ellórai-barlangok”
  • Indonesian: “Gua Ellora”
  • Italian: “Grotte di Ellora”
  • Japanese: “エローラ石窟寺院”
  • Japanese: “エローラ石窟群”
  • Kannada: “ಎಲ್ಲೋರ”
  • Korean: “엘로라 동굴”
  • Korean: “엘로라 석굴”
  • Korean: “엘로라”
  • Latvian: “Elloras alas”
  • Lithuanian: “Eloros olos”
  • Maithili: “एलोरा गुफासभ”
  • Malayalam: “Ellora Caves”
  • Malayalam: “എല്ലോറ ഗുഹകൾ”
  • Malayalam: “എല്ലോറ”
  • Maltese: “Għerien ta‘ Ellora”
  • Maltese: “Għerien ta’ Ellora”
  • Marathi: “वेरुळच्या लेण्या”
  • Marathi: “वेरूळ लेणी”
  • Marathi: “वेरूळ”
  • Nepali: “एलोरा गुफाहरू”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ellora”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Elloragrottene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ellorahulene”
  • Norwegian: “Ellorahulene”
  • Oriya: “ଏଲୋରା ଗୁମ୍ଫା”
  • Panjabi: “ਇਲੋਰਾ ਗੁਫਾਵਾਂ”
  • Panjabi: “ਏਲੋਰਾ ਗੁਫਾਵਾਂ”
  • Persian: “غارهای الورا”
  • Polish: “Ellora”
  • Polish: “Ellura”
  • Polish: “Elura”
  • Portuguese: “Ellora”
  • Portuguese: “Grutas de Ellora”
  • Romanian: “Ellora”
  • Russian: “Эллора”
  • Sanskrit: “अजिण्ठा-वेरूळ”
  • Sanskrit: “एल्लोरा”
  • Sanskrit: “एल्लोरागुहाः”
  • Serbian: “Пећине у Елори”
  • Sinhala: “එල්ලෝරා ගුහා”
  • Slovak: “Éllóra”
  • Slovenian: “Jame Elora”
  • Spanish: “Cuevas de Ellora”
  • Spanish: “Ellora”
  • Spanish: “Ellorā”
  • Swedish: “Ellora Caves”
  • Swedish: “Ellora”
  • Swedish: “Elloragrottorna”
  • Tamil: “எல்லோரா குகைகள்”
  • Tamil: “எல்லோரா”
  • Telugu: “ఎల్లోరా గుహలు”
  • Telugu: “ఎల్లోరా”
  • Thai: “ถ้ำเอลโลรา”
  • Turkish: “Ellora Mağaraları”
  • Ukrainian: “Еллора”
  • Ukrainian: “Печери Еллори”
  • Urdu: “ایلورا”
  • Uzbek: “Ellora”
  • Vietnamese: “Các hang động Ellora”
  • Vietnamese: “Hang động Ellora”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kalungiban Ellora”
  • Western Panjabi: “ایلورا گپھاواں”
  • Wu Chinese: “埃洛拉石窟”
  • Yue Chinese: “埃洛拉石窟群”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Ellora”. Photo: Ramji R, CC BY-SA 3.0.