Ajanta Ellora Caves And Mumbai: An Unforgettable Experience

Once you arrive in Mumbai, we will pick you up from the airport. Then you can Visit the following place:

Dabbawala: The word “dabbawala” means “lunchbox carriers”. In fact, this is a network of person in Mumbai, who carries and delivers freshly made food from home to the working professionals in Mumbai. The beauty of this network of dabbawala are the perfect coordination among themselves. They are very punctual and work with extreme efficiency. Coming from so-called lesser educated strata of the society the precision of the service is studied by leaders and reputed management schools across the globe.

Dhobi Ghat or Open Laundry: Have you ever thought of a washing tour that would take you inside the world’s largest open-Air Laundry? The internationally famed Dhobi Ghat of Mahalakshmi is an open-air laundry, which is more than a century old in origin. Dhobi Ghat area is lined with rows of open concrete wash pens which features a flogging stone on which the dhobis beat the clothes to dry them.

Kanheri Caves: The Kanheri Caves are a group of caves and rock-cut monuments which are cut into a massive basalt outcrop. These caves are, in fact, are located in the western outskirts of Mumbai, India and you can very well enjoy as part of your trip to Mumbai. They contain Buddhist sculptures and relief carvings, paintings and inscriptions, dating from the 1st century CE to the 10th century CE.The cave complex comprises one hundred and nine caves.Most of the caves were Buddhist viharas, meant for living, studying, and meditating.

You can also choose to take a Bollywood Studios Tour instead of Kanheri Caves.

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Today wake up early in the morning to go to the famous flower market. The Dadar flower market is one of the most colorful parts of Mumbai and blooms like buds at dawn. The market is a labyrinth of 600 stalls selling multiple varieties of flowers in cane baskets. The beauty of roses and the fragrance of jasmine are what is the most fascinating about the Dadra flower market. The hours from 4 am to 9 am is the prime time to see heaps of flowers, feel the intensity of a fragrance. The Dadar Flower Market is the only one of its kind in the city and a sensory delight worth experiencing.

So, if you are willing to experience this, you need to be here before the sunrise. However, it is worth waking up so early!

Then you can visit the Dharavi Slums, the largest slum in Asia. It supplies a chunk of the huge labour that runs the city of Mumbai. It houses about one million of Mumbai’s inhabitants. Thus, in your guided tour you will see many small-scale industry workshops where people produce leather goods, plastic goods, running pottery business etc. As you walk along the streets of Dharavi slum and explore the working culture, you know the  get a glimpse of the people and how they live. Thus this trip will make you familiar with the harsh realities of a slum.

Once you are done, you can leave for the airport for your flight to Auragnabad.
Once you arrive in Aurangabad airport, our driver will come to pick you up.
Then you can check-in at the hotel.

The Ajanta Caves are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. They are in Aurangabad, near Pune of India. It is approximately 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments, which date from the 2nd century to about 480 CE. The caves include numerous paintings and rock-cut sculptures. These are undoubtedly some of the finest surviving examples of ancient World art.

The caves were built in two phases. While the first phase started around the 2nd century BCE, the second phase was built around 400–650 CE. However, there are some contradictions on the exact dates. Nonetheless, it is the exquisite work of art that draws millions across the globe to the Caves.

The Ajanta Caves constitute ancient monasteries. Among the many cave paintings, the ones that stand out are those which involve the Buddha. There are also worship-halls of different Buddhist traditions,  which are carved into a 75-metre (246 ft) wall of rock. So, you can see the past lives and rebirths and rock-cut sculptures of Buddhist deities. The Ajanta Caves 16, 17, 1 and 2 form the largest corpus of surviving ancient Indian wall-painting.

Needless to say, the site is a protected monument in the care of the Archaeological Survey of India.  Since you are most likely to stay in Aurangabad, keep a full day for your Trip to Ajanta Caves.

At day’s end, return to your hotel in the evening.

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After breakfast, check-out of the hotel and visit the following places :

Ellora Caves is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world. The caves features Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments artwork, which dates from the 600–1000 CE period.

The most famous of all is the Kailasha temple, which is in Cave 16. It is the largest single monolithic rock excavation in the world. The Kailasha temple excavation also features sculptures depicting the gods, goddesses and mythologies found in Vaishnavism, Shaktism.

Out of the total 100 caves there are 12 Buddhist (caves 1–12), 17 Hindu (caves 13–29) and 5 Jain (caves 30–34) caves. All of the Ellora monuments were built during Hindu dynasties. For example, the Rashtrakuta dynasty constructed part of the Hindu and Buddhist caves.

The Bibi Ka Maqbara is a tomb, which was commissioned in 1660 by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. It is built in the memory of his first wife Dilras Banu Begum. It is also called the mini Taj because of its striking resemblance to the Taj Mahal. This building has its own charm.

Daulatabad Fort, which is also known as Devagiri Fort, lies 11km north-west of Aurangabad. It is only 16 km away from the famous Ellora Caves. The Daulatabad Fort, which is one of the most powerful forts of the medieval deccan period,  is among the most famous forts in India.

After breakfast check out from your hotel and proceed towards the airport.

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