Dautalabad Fort and Ellora Caves

Today we visited Dautalbad Fort and Ellora Caves. The fort is really well preserved. It was originally constructed almost a thousand years ago, but numerous dynasties have added to it. It has 7 walls around it and contains a very nice minaret from the Moghul period.

We also visited Ellora Caves. The 34 monolithic caves (carved by hand out of one solid piece of rock) were done by three different religions, Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism. Each set of caves is quite different in their art and style. Cave number 16 is the largest monolithic structure in the world. It contains an entire Hindu temple. Again, the photos don't quite capture it all.

This may be my last post before returning to the states, as we leave to Delhi on Wednesday and fly to the states Thursday night. I'll definitely post a wrap up when I get home.