Maharashtra & Karnataka · About three weeks
The rock temples of the Deccan
Ajanta, Ellora, Elephanta — and the kingdoms that followed them.
The journey
Sanctuaries cut into the hard basalt of the Deccan, at Ajanta, Ellora and Elephanta, and then south to the Chalukya capitals and Vijayanagara — the last of the great Hindu kingdoms. Paced to allow thinking time, with the old bazaars of Goa on the way.
Route
- Mumbai
- Elephanta
- Ajanta
- Ellora
- The Chalukya capitals
- Vijayanagara
- Old Goa
What stays with you
- 01Ajanta and Ellora, cut rather than built
- 02Elephanta, an hour off Mumbai by boat
- 03Badami, Aihole and Pattadakal, where south Indian temple form was worked out
- 04Vijayanagara at Hampi, spread over miles of boulder country
- 05The historic bazaars of old Goa
Shall we plan it?
Tell us roughly when, and how many of you, and we will come back with dates, a price and anything we would change about the route.
Or write to us at info@scenicescapesindia.com
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