Leg 8 / Etapa 8

8th Leg: Kathmandu – Bombay

 

The plan was to go to Bombay and, on the way to Bombay to visit Khajuraho, Elora and Ajanta caves.  We missed Khajuraho even though we were so close.  I don’t remember the reason.

Ajanta and Ellora caves should be treated as Wonders of the World.

8. etapa: Kathmandu – Bombaj

 

Plan je da iz Katmandua idemo za Bombaj a da usput vidimo Kandzuraho, Eloru I Adzanta pecine.  Usput, odlazak za Kandzuraho je otpao.  Razloga se ne secam.

Pecine Adzanta I Ellora se mogu svrstati u svetska cuda.

Ajanta Caves

 

  • 30 Rock-cut cave monuments
  • Hindu and Buddhist temples
  • A kind of college monastery, it could accommodate a few hundred pupils and teachers
  • Dating from the 2nd (the oldest group of caves) century BCE, 5th century AD and 7th century AD
  • Decorated with paintings (murals – not “frescoes” because of the specific way of painting), carvings and sculptures
  • Abandoned by 480AD and discovered in April 1819 by Smith, British officer and a tiger hunter.

Adzanta pecine

 

  • 30 pecina-hramova izdubljenih u steni
  • Hindu I Budisticki hramovi
  • Vrsta manastira-skole. Mogao je da smesti nekoliko stotina studenata I ucitelja.
  • Najstarija grupa pecina datira is 2. veka pre nove ere.
  • Bogato su ukrasene muralima zivopisnih boja, reljefima I skulpturama.
  • Napustene su oko 480. Godine.
  • U aprilu 1819. god, otkrio ih je Britanski oficir Smit, lovac na tigrove
  • Bile su sakrivene skoro 1000 godina

Ellora Caves

 

  • 34 Rock-cut cave monuments
    • 12 Buddhist (caves 1-12)
    • 17 Hindu (caves 13-29)
    • 5 Jain (caves 30-34)
  • Built b/w 5th and 10th century

Elora pecine

 

  • 34 pecina izdubljenih u stenama
    • 12 Budistickih (pecine 1-12)
    • 17 Hindu (pecine 13-29)
    • 5 Dzain (pecine 30-34)
  • Izdubljene izmedju 5 I 10 veka
No 16 Kailasa (Kailasanatha) Temple

 

    • Most famous Ellora Cave
    • Home of Lord Shiva
    • Looks like a freestanding, multi-storied temple complex,
    • carved out of one single rock
    • covers an area double the size of the Parthenon in Athens
Pecina broj 16 Kailasa (Kailasanatha) hram

 

    • Najpoznatija Elora pecina
    • Veruje se da je tu ziveo bog Lord Shiva
    • Sam hram je radjen u nekoliko nivoa
    • Dvoriste oko hrama oiviceno kompleksom pecina u nekoliko nivoa,
    • Kompleks Kailasa hrama sa dvoristem I pecinama oko dvorista isklesan/izdubljen u jednoj jedinoj steni
    • Kompleks Kailasa pokriva povrsinu duplo vecu od Partenona u Atini