Things to Do in Aurangabad

Top Things to Do in Aurangabad

Things to Do in Aurangabad


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  • Kapil Sood
    Bengaluru, India168 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    What an incredible experience standing at the base of Kailash temple (Cave 16) and seeing that the whole thing , 33 meters tall, in front of you is a monolith, i.e. carved out of a single rock hill! This is definitely the highlight of Ellora caves!
    We added Aurangabad on our Bangalore - Himachal driving trip to be able to see Ajanta & Ellora caves and these were far ahead of our expectations. Each of these caves tell a story which you can learn if you take an ASI approved guide with you. The guides here are expensive, paid Rs.2050/- plus tips, but this was the best thing that we did. Our guide, Hasan, was very knowledgeable and brought the history to life with his incredible knowledge and story telling.

    Few tips for first time visitors:
    1. Grishneshwar Jyotirling temple is just a kilometre away from Ellora caves, in case if you want you can go there first thing in the morning and then come here. Plan to reach here in the morning, both to avoid crowds as well heat from the afternoon sun. We reached at 9:30am and that was about a good time to be there. Even in Feb the place was already quite warm & the afternoon sun very bright. Remember that these caves are closed on Tuesday, so plan accordingly.
    2. Wear comfortable shoes and light clothes as you'll be walking a lot here.
    3. There is ample parking available.
    4. After you park, buy the tickets and walk to the starting point you'll be almost in front of Kailash temple.
    5. You can visit the Buddhist caves after this and then come back to this point. For going to the Jain caves (Cave 32 was good) take the battery operated Golf cart as these are quite far.
    6. Guides are available at the place where you buy the tickets. We didn't see many, so best is to reach in the morning before the crowds.
    7. Do carry water bottle, you'll need it.
    Written March 16, 2024
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  • Sonam Agrawal
    New Delhi, India2 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Seperate que for senior citizens is available pls ask for the directions. Between some 1100 am till 1.00 PM gets super crowded , try going early morning
    Written March 11, 2024
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  • Kapil Sood
    Bengaluru, India168 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Visit this place after sun set. It's far more beautiful when the lights are switched on rather than in the daylight. Understand it's open till 8:30pm.
    If you are driving to this place there is parking available nearby.
    Written March 1, 2024
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  • SeeTheWorld
    Gurugram (Gurgaon), India25 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    These beautiful rock-cut Buddhist temple caves are located just a few kilometres from Aurangabad City. One needs to climb up the hill to visit the caves.
    Written September 19, 2022
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  • Debashis T
    Dehradun, India1,711 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles

    After entering for ellora caves, first you encounter cave No.16 which is in middle of 34 caves.On the left side of this cave are Jainism caves. But these caves are at long distance. So take an E-Rickshaw to visit the jain temples at ellora. The e-rickshaw stand is just near the entry gate. The rickshaw will drop you at 1 cave and left with other tourists. You take your own time visiting and came back with another e rickshaw. The same thing happen in all these caves. So keep your e-rickshaw ticket with you every time. Don’t dare to go these caves by walk.
    After entering the ellora caves, you first encounter cave No. 16, which is in the middle of 34 caves. On the left side of this cave are Jainism caves. But these caves are at a long distance. So take an e-rickshaw to visit the Jain temples at Ellora. The e-rickshaw stand is just near the entry gate. The rickshaw will drop you off at one cave and leave you with other tourists. You took your own time visiting and came back with another e rickshaw. The same thing happens in all these caves. So keep your e-rickshaw ticket with you every time. Don’t dare to go to these caves by foot.
    Written December 2, 2023
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  • dimpoo1971
    Mumbai, India273 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Located 5 kms away from Ellora caves, sharing auto options also their.one of the very few temple of Hanuman where deity of hanumanji is in sleeping position.
    Written January 14, 2023
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  • Bala Tripura S
    Bengaluru, India3,694 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    This dam is around 50km from Aurangabad and 5km from Paithan.We need to walk for 2km from main road.Some construction work is going on along this path and we can identify lot of birds under this dam like River terns,Gray herons,Spot billed ducks,Spoon bills,Open bill storks,Egrets,Northern shovlers,Sea gulls etc.We need to walk a long path to see all these birds along this dam
    Written January 31, 2023
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  • Madhura Nerurkar
    Mumbai, India21 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    It is a good place to hang out if you have kids. The zoo has a good variety of animals that includes snakes, crocodile, fox, porcupine, rabbits, birds and many more. The white tiger was a major centre of attraction. At the entrance of the zoo, there is a small fountain and park which makes the kids happy
    Written December 31, 2023
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  • Mr. Sharma
    World2 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Good place for spending time in city. The mall is really huge and has good shops. The mall is better than expectations
    Written June 13, 2021
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  • Alok Agarwal
    Pune, India83 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Place is divine, the temple is clean and nice, idols are very attractive and give solace, the temple is beautifully architectured with florent designs
    Written December 29, 2022
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  • AmulAwasthy
    Pune, India3,630 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Four Star is only the Collection of the various things but this Place demands Maintenance & attention. Staff seems to be Bored and Not Interested at all. Single thing which they do is check the Ticket and show you the way forwards.

    Collection is really good here one if interested can spend good time here.

    A good visit from Collection Perspective
    Written February 20, 2024
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  • Bala Tripura S
    Bengaluru, India3,694 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    These caves are group of buddhist caves that are carved inside a valley.This place is around 12 km from kannad and we can get a ST bus till Ambagaon and we need to walk for 4km from Ambagaon to reach this place.We need to pay 30rs as entry fees at the entrance and need to walk for 1km to reach the valley.There is a small water stream infront of these caves and most of the caves are destroyed partially and some of them are having small budda stupas
    Written November 17, 2022
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