The Rock Cut Temples Of Ajanta And Ellora

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Ajanta, a UNESCO world heritage site, is famous for its Buddhist rock-cut cave temples and monasteries with their extraordinary wall paintings. The temples are hollowed out of granite cliffs on the inner side of a 20-meter ravine in the Wagurna River valley, 105 km northeast of Aurangabad,in India. About 30 caves were excavated between the 1st century BCE and the 7th century CE.The fresco-type paintings that are the chief interest of Ajanta. These paintings depict colorful Buddhist legends and divinities with an exuberance and vitality that is unsurpassed in Indian art.

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kalau dulu petapa buddhist kok bertapa di gua-gua yah?