Best places: Historic sites in Powai, India

Ancient temples, hewn from rock, with Buddhist shrines, paintings of Buddha and 109 entrances.

👍 Most of the caves were Buddhist viharas, meant for living, studying, and meditating. The larger caves, which functioned as chaityas, or halls for congregational worship, are lined with intricately carved Buddhist sculptures, reliefs, pillars and rock-cut stupas. Avalokiteshwara is the most distincti...

Erected between 1669 & 1677, the ruins of this fortress remain on a hill with panoramic views.

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