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Cave Attractions In Gaya

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Gaya is of historical significance and is one of the major tourist attractions of the state of Bihar. Gaya is 100 kilometres south of Patna, the capital city of Bihar. It is the state's second-largest city, with a population of 470,839, and is the headquarters of Gaya district and Magadh division. The city is surrounded on three sides by small, rocky hills , with the Phalgu River on its fourth side. Gaya is sanctified in the Jain, Hindu, and Buddhist religions. Gaya district is mentioned in the great epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. It is the place where Rama, with Sita and Lakshmana, came to offer pind-daan for their father, Dasharath, and con...
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Cave Attractions In Gaya

  • 1. Barabar Caves Gaya
    The Barabar Hill Caves are the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India, mostly dating from the Maurya Empire , some with Ashokan inscriptions, located in the Makhdumpur region of Jehanabad district, Bihar, India, 24 km north of Gaya.These caves are situated in the twin hills of Barabar and Nagarjuni ; caves of the 1.6 km -distant Nagarjuni Hill are sometimes singled out as the Nagarjuni Caves. These rock-cut chambers date back to the 3rd century BCE, Maurya period, of Ashoka and his grandson, Dasharatha Maurya. The sculptured surround to the entrance to the Lomas Rishi Cave is the earliest survival of the ogee shaped chaitra arch or chandrashala that was to be an important feature of Indian rock-cut architecture and sculptural decoration for centuries. The form was clearly a reproduction ...
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  • 2. Sudama Cave Gaya
    The Barabar Hill Caves are the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India, mostly dating from the Maurya Empire , some with Ashokan inscriptions, located in the Makhdumpur region of Jehanabad district, Bihar, India, 24 km north of Gaya.These caves are situated in the twin hills of Barabar and Nagarjuni ; caves of the 1.6 km -distant Nagarjuni Hill are sometimes singled out as the Nagarjuni Caves. These rock-cut chambers date back to the 3rd century BCE, Maurya period, of Ashoka and his grandson, Dasharatha Maurya. The sculptured surround to the entrance to the Lomas Rishi Cave is the earliest survival of the ogee shaped chaitra arch or chandrashala that was to be an important feature of Indian rock-cut architecture and sculptural decoration for centuries. The form was clearly a reproduction ...
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  • 3. Lomas Rishi Cave Gaya
    The Lomas Rishi Cave, also called the Grotto of Lomas Rishi, is one of the man-made Barabar Caves in the Barabar and Nagarjuni hills of Jehanabad district in the Indian state of Bihar. This rock-cut cave was carved out as a sanctuary. It was built during the Ashokan period of the Maurya Empire in the 3rd century BC, as part of the sacred architecture of the Ajivikas, an ancient religious and philosophical group of India that competed with Jainism and became extinct over time. Ājīvikas were atheists and rejected the authority of the Vedas as well as Buddhist ideas. They were ascetic communities and meditated in caves such as Lomas Rishi.The hut-style facade at the entrance to the cave is the earliest survival of the ogee shaped chaitya arch or chandrashala that was to be an important feat...
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