Enchanting Ellora

The Ellora caves, locally known as ‘Verul Leni’ is located on the Aurangabad-Chalisgaon road at a distance of 30 km north-northwest of Aurangabad, the district headquarters. The name Ellora itself inspires everyone as it represents one of the largest rock-hewn monastic-temple complexes in the entire world. Ellora is also world famous for the largest single monolithic excavation in the world, the great Kailasa (Cave 16). The visit to these caves is enjoyed maximum during monsoon, when every stream is filled with rainwater, and the entire environ is lush green. The monsoon is not only a season of rains in this part, the local visitors are attracted to visit these ideal locations to have a glimpse of the mother nature in full bloom.

The impulse for me to want to make sculpture is because I want to make statements, really, on a purely emotional level. And it's also somewhat of a challenge to see how that can be done with materials and objects that really are not emotional, in and of themselves - Arthur Ganson

So another ride happened...had a stomach load of BBQ Nation delicacies. I started at around 1.30pm towards Ghoti. My first pit-stop at Kasara Ghats for about less than 10 minutes. Then I began chasing the roads toward Ghoti, where I took an en-route to Aurangabad via Sinnar. Till Sinnar the road was in 'Not Bad' condition. However once I took the road to Kopergaon, the road worsened..it was like a river basin with huge potholes.. This continued till 70+ kms. I have to air up the tyres...Then the road to Vaijapur started, which is again in similar condition but not as worse as the Kopergaon road. 

You got to go down a lot of wrong roads to find the right one - Bob Parsons

It was getting dark and I played catch-up to the rain which was running away from me. Its a beautiful sight to only on flat planes you could get to see this. Soon I got caught into it - huge massive cold drops like icy daggers piercing me. This continued for 50 odd kms till Aurangabad, where I found a pretty old hotel(Hotel Ellora), nice food and surprised by the Cemetery view from the Hotel window. Had nice sleep. Its morning (2nd Day), I started towards Ellora. The road to ellora was just awesome and I did not reduce the speed till I reached ellora. I spent about 2 hours at Ellora, which is more than the time that I had decided. Had nice Aloo paratha in canteen, which is the best aloo paratha that I ate till now (may be I was starving, who cares!).