Top10 buddhist caves in maharashtra

Ajantha caves
Ajantha caves located at about 100kms away from Aurangabad it has 30 rock-cut Buddhist caves featuring 'Chaitya grihas' chaitya grih means prayer hall for buddhist monk and 'Viharas' for monk resistance.Ajantha caves are world famous for theire beautiful paintings.
You can see there beautiful pdmpani buddha painting and also jataka tales painting's.

Aurangabad caves
The most noted structures of archaeology and history is situated in the North of the city where there are nearly 12 Buddhist caves dating back to the 1 A.D.

Elephanta caves
Elephanta Caves is famous for the enormous carving and its rock cut temples.Elephanta caves situated near gate way of india mumbai.
Beautyful buddhist structure you can see there

Ellora caves
Ellora Caves declared by the UNESCO as one of the World Heritage Sites is situated at a distance of about 30 kms away from the city. In ellora there are jain and vaishna caves also you can see.

Trirashmi caves
Trirashmi Caves is located on a wedge up in Trirashshmi hill which is at a distance of about 8 km down the city of nashik on Mumbai-Agra highway.
Why name trirashmi beacause on one full moon day the sun  rays are situated at the face of buddha statue three times in a day.

Pataleshwar caves
Pataleshwar Cave temple is situated on the Jangali Maharaj Road in Shivaji Nagar pune and there is lots of buddhist sculpure you can see.

Junnar caves
Junnar caves is situated 100 km from and 120 km from Mumbai in sahyadri valley. In india there are 1250 caves out of 1250 caves 700 in maharashtra a d in junnar there is 450 buddhist caves situated in the hills of sahyadri.
Junnar caves divided in differnt groups such as shivneri buddhist caves,lenyadri leni,tulja lenj,amba ambika leni,bhima shankar leni, nanaeghat trade route.

Bhaja Cave
Bhaja caves situated in lonavala pune near malavali railway station, in bhaja caves you can see beautiful 2000 years back wood carving on the roof of main chaity grih also a beatiful sculputres of kings and queens on elephant . Also a group of 14 enlightened monks stupa carves in a single rock

Karla Caves
Karla caves situated in lonavala there is huge stupa you can see and also a beatiful buddhist sculptures.

Kanheri Caves
Kannheri caves located in borivali national park mumbai 10 min distance from borivali railway station and 7 km from entrance of borivali national park,
Kanheri is a large buddhist univarsity at that time there is around 117 caves situated in a single mountain surrounded by jungle.you can see there A huge stupa in caves no3 also a 33 feet long buddhas statue on the both sides of entrance of caves no 3. So many beautiful buddhist sculpures you see there.