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Location: Lat 190º 10' N, Long 73º 53' E
Junnar Caves Tours
These caves are situated about 80 kms. from Pune, 177 kms. on Mumbai – Aurangabad route. The hills, surrounding the plains of Junnar, are honey-combed with a cluster of Buddhist caves.

The longest concentration of the rock-cut caves is on four distinct hills in various directions but with a radius of 5 kms. from the town of Junnar. There are about 140 caves belonging to 1st Century BC to 3rd Century A.D.

The smallest group (1st century BC to 1st century AD) consists of a line of eleven caves, known as Tulja – lena after the name of a deity Tulja – Devi, who has been enshrined in cave no. 4. The cave no. 3 is the chaitya griha (1st century BC) is singular of its kind and is characterised by a severe simplicity, circular on plan and has twelve octagonal pillars arranged in a ring around the central Stupa. Cave 7 is distinguished by its ornamental facade.

One of the caves group is known as bura – kotri (twelve celled) on account of twelve cells distributed equally on three sides of an astylar benched hall.

The main group consists of about thirty caves. This cluster of caves is situated about 5 kms. north - northeast of the town and is called Ganesh – lena after the deity in cave 7.

There are large number of cells and viharas in small isolated groups and some of them are incomplete. Some of the monasteries of the Junnar caves are small and insignificant. Few caves are small monasteries, with one to three cells preceded in some cases by veranda. They range in date from first century BC to the 3rd century AD.

These Buddhist caves have variety of monasteries, viharas and chaityas and provide a whole range of stages of development of Buddhist architecture in the Western India.


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