Caves, Gates and Towers of India – Facts You Need To Know

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Caves or caverns are empty spaces naturally occurring in the ground. These places will be big enough to let a human pass through it. Formation of caves takes place by weathering of rocks. Often the caves extend underground. Formation of caves occurs over a course of many years. Numerous caves are spread across India. Among them some of them are natural and others are breathtakingly beautiful hand carved ones.

Towers are self supporting tall structures. Usually they are taller than their width. The difference between towers and other buildings is they serve specific purposes due to their height. They can’t be lived in.

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Caves Gates And Towers In India

Famous Caves In India

In this section we will see some of the important caves in India

Ajanta Caves

• These caves are located in northern Maharashtra
• Ajanta Caves are rock out caves, i.e They are created by excavating solid rock from their natural habitat.
• These are all buddhist caves

Edakkal Caves

• Natural caves located at Wayanad, Kerala
• These caves have various paintings of humans, animals, letters and symbols
• These painting are believed to have done by the men, that lived in the caves as early as 6000 BC

Amarnath Caves

• Amarnath Cave Temple is a hindu Shrine which is located at Jammu and Kashmir
• Shrine depicts an important part of Hinduism
• Pilgrims are open to visit the cave temple in the summers

Ellora Caves

• Location of ellora caves is at Aurangabad, Maharashtra
• One among the largest hindu temple caves
• They are rock out caves
• Features largest monolithic stone excavation in the world

Elephanta Caves

• Collection of temple caves dedicated to lord Shiva
• Made during the 5th and 6th centuries
• One among the top tourists attraction in Mumbai

Belum Caves

• Largest and also the longest caves open to public
• These caves are located in Andhra Pradesh
• They have 16 pathways. Also these caves have deposits of quartz and black limestone in them

Badami Caves

• Complex Hindu and Jain temple cave
• Location of these caves are at Balgot, Karnataka
• The caves has sculptures of hindu divinities

Borra Caves

• Location of these caves are at Ananthagiri hills, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
• They are the deepest caves in India
• These are basically karstic limestone structures

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Sonbhandar Caves

• These are 2 artificial caves
• Location of these caves is at Rajgir in Bihar
• They are Jain caves
• Sonbhandar caves are dated as early as 3rd century BCE

 Udayagiri Caves

• Location of these caves are at Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh
• This is a jain cave with oldest jain inscriptions
• Has oldest surviving hindu temples in them
• These caves should not be confused as Udayagiri and Khandagiri caves at Odisha

 Kutumsar Caves

• Initial name of this cave was Gopansar Caves
• These caves are at Chattisgarh
• Limestone cave near the banks of river Kanger

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Famous Gates in India

India Gate Delhi

• Landmark of the largest war memorials in India
• Location of India Gate War memorial is at Rajpath, New Delhi

Gateway of India, Mumbai

• Monument arch that is made of Basalt
• Location of this monument is at waterfront at Apollo Bunder
• One among the major tourist attractions in Mumbai

Bulandh Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikiri

• Highest gateway in the world
• Also known as Gate of magnificence that is the main gate to Fatehpur Sikri

Rumi Darwaza, Lucknow

• Classic example of Awadhi architecture in India
• This is an imposing gateway near to Asafi Imambara

Lahori Gate, Delhi

• This is the main entrance to the Red fort
• Made of red sandstone

Teen Darwaza, Ahmedabad

• Historical gateway with 3 arches
• Built by Ahmed Shah

Great Gate, Agra

• Also known as Darwaza-i-rauza
• Serves as the main entrance to Taj Mahal

Other important gates in India include Warangal Gate, Gauda gate West Bengal, Lal Darwaza Hyderabad, Toran gate, Sanchi, Nurmahal Sarai gateway Punjab etc.

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Famous Towers In India

Charminar, Hyderabad

• Monument and mosque at Hyderabad that was constructed in 1591

Qutub Minar, Delhi

• Most visited tourist spots in Delhi
• Symbol of traditional Islamic Architecture

Jinnah Tower, Andhra Pradesh

• Location of this tower is at Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
• Tower is named after the father of pakistan, Muhammed Ali Jinnah

Kriti Stambha, Rajasthan

• Location of this tower is at Chittor fort at chittorgarh in Rajasthan
• Also known as tower of fame

Vijaya Stambha, Rajasthan

• Also known as tower of victory, which is located at chittor fort in chittorgarh.

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