ajanta caves

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India's rich civilisational legacy is beautifully showcased through its 44 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including architectural marvels like the Taj Mahal and ancient rock-cut caves. These sites, representing cultural, natural, and mixed heritage, continue to draw global travellers with their historical significance and artistic brilliance.

The Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) has proposed introduction of electric buses to transport tourists from the visitors’ centre in Ajanta to the historic caves.

There is a need to control the number of tourists at ajanta caves in order to protect the world heritage site for future generations, said Milan Kumar Chauley, the superintendent archaeologist (Aurangabad circle) of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

The Forest Department wants to temporarily close ajanta caves to relocate bees. This is to avoid tourist interference. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) cites procedural issues. They cannot grant the request immediately. A bee relocation already happened during a weekly closure. ASI might consider a partial closure if approved. Recent bee attacks prompted the relocation effort.

Landscaping and gardening work at the world heritage site of ajanta caves complex in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district is affected as the water supply, disconnected in 2019 over non-payment of dues, is yet to be restored.

The death of ajanta caves attendant Usman Shah Tana Shah from a heart-attack on June 1 put the total number of health-related deaths here at four since 2011.

A photograph of an ajanta caves mural, captured by acclaimed art historian Benoy K Behl, will be preserved in the Arctic World Archive (AWA).

The Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) has proposed more than just the replication of the paintings in the ajanta caves.

Scores of tourists visiting the famous ajanta caves, located around 120 km from Aurangabad city, on Sunday faced hardships due to the alleged poor conveyance arrangements made by the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC).

The ajanta caves beckon at the Mumbai international airport. Instead of rock, these caves are made of corrugated cardboard.

The MSRTC authorities on Monday said the ticket-issuing system for buses at ajanta caves would be streamlined shortly in order to make it more passenger-centric.

As a part of Covid prevention measures, the Ajanta and Ellora caves were closed on weekends and had regulated visiting hours on the weekdays. Both sites will now remain open for tourists on Saturdays and Sundays as well — from dawn to dusk. As per the pre-Covid schedule, ajanta caves will be closed on Mondays, and Ellora caves on Tuesdays.

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The number of tourists visiting the famous ajanta caves in Maharashtra has been going down due to poor condition of the key connecting road as its repair and widening work got delayed due to deficient services of the contractual agency, officials said.

The famous ajanta caves continue to face the menace of air pollution — caused by the diesel-operated buses of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) — as the authorities have failed to provide eco-friendly vehicles to operate shuttle services at the world heritage site

The mandatory testing of staff at the ajanta caves, a world heritage site, found many as eight of them as Covid positive.

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation will shortly take up a Rs 360 crore proposal for the development of historical monuments in the state.