Well-known as a revered temple, Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga Temple is one of the tourist places near aurangabad which lies close to the 12 caves of Buddhist group of Ellora Caves. Halfway your route to the temple, you can find Dashavtaras all carved out in pure red stone.

Besides, dashavtaras, there are many other beautiful sculptures and statues here to stare at. Pillars here have adorable carvings to take you back to the ancient era.

A 15-kilometer drive from Aurangabad, the district capital and the halfway point to the Ellora Caves, will bring you to Daulatabad (190 57' N; 750 15' E). Muhammad-bin-Tughluq named the city Daulatabad or "the home of riches" when he established it as his capital in A.D. 1327.

At roughly 1,500 years old, Ellora is one of Maharashtra's most interesting archaeological monuments. It represents the pinnacle of Indian rock-cut architecture. The 34 caverns are really rock-cut temples dedicated to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism. In 1983, UNESCO designated them as a UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site..

Ellora's 12 Buddhist, 17 Hindu, and 5 Jain caves, which were carved in close proximity between the 6th and 10th centuries, are evidence of the religious concord that existed in India during this time period.

This place is a collection of 32 Buddhist caves not far from the medieval village of the same name, a listed building, and is overseen by the Indian Archaeological Survey. In addition, the Ajanta Caves have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983. The caves here can be divided into two phases in chronological order. Early Buddhist Cave in the 2nd Century BC From the 1st to 1st centuries AD, from Mahayana Buddhism to the 5th century. Inside the early caves are the 9 and 10 "Chaityas" that make up the earliest known painting ruins in Indian history, while the 8, 12, 13, and 15A are "Vihara". ". Caves 19, 26, and 29 are Mahayana Buddhist era Chaitya, and all other caves are Vihara.