Maharashtra
Mumbai City District
Mumbai Suburban District

Mahakali Caves

The Kondivite Caves are a group of 19 rock-cut monuments built between 4st century BCE and 6th century CE. This Buddhist monastery is located in the eastern suburb of in the city of in western .
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: Caves in Maharashtra state of India
  • Also known as: “Kondivate Caves” and “Kondivite Caves”
  • Address: Mahakali Caves Road

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Holy Spirit Hospital and Jogeshwari Caves.

Hospital
is a Charitable Trust Hospital located in , , owned and managed by the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit, which began in 1964 as an out-patient clinic. is situated 1 km west of Mahakali Caves.

Archaeological site
Photo: Vks0009, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The are some of the earliest Hinduism cave temple sculptures located in the Mumbai suburb of , India. The caves date back to the sixth century, Chalukya dynasty. is situated 2 km northwest of Mahakali Caves.

Metro station
Aarey JVLR is an At-Grade terminal metro station serving the Ganesh Nagar neighbourhood of on the North-South corridor of the Aqua Line 3 of Mumbai Metro in , India. is situated 1¼ km east of Mahakali Caves.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marol and Chakala.

Neighborhood
is a locality in the suburb of in , .

Neighborhood
is a locality in the suburb of in . It had a station on the Salsette–Trombay Railway, which was dismantled after the rail line closed down in 1934.

Suburb
Photo: sanferdrodrigues, CC BY 2.0.
is within Sanjay Gandhi National Park. Of which 25.6% are classified as mixed moist deciduous type forest. It acts as a buffer between SGNP and the city, being one of the few green spaces left in . is situated 3 km north of Mahakali Caves.

Mahakali Caves

Latitude
19.13047° or 19° 7′ 50″ north
Longitude
72.87363° or 72° 52′ 25″ east
Operator
ASI
Open location code
7JFJ4VJF+5F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 496634583
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q6732862
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Telugu—“Mahakali Caves” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Shpellat Mahakali”
  • Burmese: “မဟာကာလီဂူများ”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كهوف ماهاكالى”
  • German: “Kondivita Caves”
  • German: “Mahakali-Höhlen”
  • Gujarati: “કોડિવિટે ગુફાઓ”
  • Gujarati: “મહાકાળી ગુફાઓ”
  • Hebrew: “מערות מהאקאלי”
  • Hindi: “महाकाली गुफाएं”
  • Malayalam: “മഹാകാളി ഗുഹകൾ”
  • Marathi: “महाकाली लेणी”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਹਾਕਾਲੀ ਗੁਫਾਵਾਂ”
  • Sinhala: “කොණ්ඩිවතේ ලෙන්”
  • Sinhala: “කොණ්ඩිවිතේ ලෙන්”
  • Sinhala: “මහාකාලී ලෙන්”
  • Tamil: “மகாகாளி குகைகள்”
  • Telugu: “మహాకాళి గుహలు”

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