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Kanheri caves with Expert Guide and Aircon car
Start your private tour with a pick–up from your accommodation in Mumbai, head to the Kanheri Caves, located deep within the green forests of Sanjay Gandhi National Park, one of Asia’s major national parks. The caves are a marvelous architectural features.
Duration 5 hours
Private tour available in English
Group tour pricing from 40 USD per person
Highlights
Explore Buddhist sculptures and relief carvings & paintings.
Walk through the historical timeline of Buddhism
Visit Kanheri caves for an insight of the history
Guided tour of Kanheri Caves
Explore 2500 Year Old rock cut Buddhist caves
Description
Start your private tour with a pick–up from your accommodation in Mumbai, head to the Kanheri Caves, located deep within the green forests of Sanjay Gandhi National Park, one of Asia’s major national parks.
All 109 caves were chiseled and carved out of a huge basaltic rock outcrop. The smaller caves, known as viharas, served as resting places for the monks. The larger caves, known as chaityas, are lined with various exquisitely carved Buddhist sculptures and were commonly used as places for worship.
In the main hall stands the towering figure of the Lord Buddha measuring about 7 meters in height. The interior has a colonnade of 34 majestically carved pillars. The eleven-headed Avalokiteshwara is the most distinctive motif. There are about 100 inscriptions in different scripts - Brahmi, Devnagri, Pallavi and Sanskrit.
At the end of your tour, head back to your accommodation in Mumbai with excellent memories of the day.
All 109 caves were chiseled and carved out of a huge basaltic rock outcrop. The smaller caves, known as viharas, served as resting places for the monks. The larger caves, known as chaityas, are lined with various exquisitely carved Buddhist sculptures and were commonly used as places for worship.
In the main hall stands the towering figure of the Lord Buddha measuring about 7 meters in height. The interior has a colonnade of 34 majestically carved pillars. The eleven-headed Avalokiteshwara is the most distinctive motif. There are about 100 inscriptions in different scripts - Brahmi, Devnagri, Pallavi and Sanskrit.
At the end of your tour, head back to your accommodation in Mumbai with excellent memories of the day.
What’s included & not included
Guided tour of Kanheri Caves
Admission fees for Caves
Round trip transportation to and from your Mumbai hotel via air-conditioned vehicle
All presently applicable taxes
Meals
Meeting point
Mumbai
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