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.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: ancient cave temples of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism in Maharashtra, India
- Also known as: “Cuevas de Ellora”, “Ellorā”, “Ellóra”, “Ellora Caves”, “Elloragrottene”, “Ellura”, “Elora”, “Jeskyně Ellóra”, “Jeskyně Éllóra”, “Špiljski hramovi Ellore”, “Печери Еллори”, “एलोरा”, “एलोरा की गुफाएँ”, “एल्लोरा गुफाएं”, “वेरुळच्या लेण्या”, “எல்லோரா குகைகள்”, “ఎల్లోరా”, “എല്ലോറ”, “엘로라”, “엘로라 동굴”, “エローラ石窟寺院”, and “愛羅拉石窟”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Kailasanath Temple and Ghrishneshwar Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khuldabad.
Khuldabad
Photo: Lala Deen Dayal, Public domain.Ellora
- Categories: archaeological site, cave, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Khuldabad, Aurangabad, Marathwada, Maharashtra, Western India, India, South Asia, Asia
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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
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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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”
- Belarusian: “Элора”
- Bengali: “ইলোরা গুহাসমূহ”
- Bulgarian: “Елора”
- Burmese: “အယ်လိုရာလိုဏ်ဂူ”
- Catalan: “Ellora”
- Cebuano: “Ellora Caves”
- Chinese: “埃洛拉石窟”
- Croatian: “Špilje Ellore”
- Czech: “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”
- Gujarati: “ઇલોરાની ગુફાઓ”
- Hebrew: “מערות אלורה”
- Hindi: “एलोरा गुफाएं”
- Hungarian: “Ellórai-barlangok”
- Indonesian: “Gua Ellora”
- Italian: “Grotte di Ellora”
- Japanese: “エローラ石窟群”
- Kannada: “ಎಲ್ಲೋರ”
- Korean: “엘로라 석굴”
- Latvian: “Elloras alas”
- Lithuanian: “Eloros olos”
- Maithili: “एलोरा गुफासभ”
- Malay: “Ellora Caves”
- Malayalam: “എല്ലോറ ഗുഹകൾ”
- Maltese: “Għerien ta‘ Ellora”
- Maltese: “Għerien ta’ Ellora”
- Marathi: “वेरूळ लेणी”
- Marathi: “वेरूळ”
- Nepali: “एलोरा गुफाहरू”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ellorahulene”
- Norwegian: “Ellorahulene”
- Oriya: “ଏଲୋରା ଗୁମ୍ଫା”
- Panjabi: “ਇਲੋਰਾ ਗੁਫਾਵਾਂ”
- Panjabi: “ਏਲੋਰਾ ਗੁਫਾਵਾਂ”
- Persian: “غارهای الورا”
- Polish: “Elura”
- 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: “Ellora”
- Spanish: “Grutas de Ellorā”
- Swedish: “Elloragrottorna”
- Tagalog: “Mga Kuweba ng Ellora”
- Tamil: “எல்லோரா”
- Telugu: “ఎల్లోరా గుహలు”
- Thai: “ถ้ำเอลโลรา”
- Turkish: “Ellora Mağaraları”
- Ukrainian: “Еллора”
- 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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