Kanheri caves
Who doesn't love to travel? Every other person in any corner of the world must have visited such a place where they also take their heart and soul with them, just like the parents take their children to a new place. Such kind of place offers such amusement that can be experienced in our mind even after a long time. Everyone needs such memories so that they can cherish it till the life entertains them. One among them is a Kanheri cave.
About Kanheri caves
Located in the heart of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park at Borivali, a suburban area of Mumbai, Kanheri caves is a Buddhist historical site. This sites have up to 109 caves that were built during the different phases between 1st CE to 11th CE. The caves have been carved from basaltic hill. They were primarily built as a 'vihars' (a Buddhist resident). This were used by the Buddhist monk as a learning center during the Hinayana and later Mahayana phase. On the wall of this caves are sculpted various symbols and manisfestation of Buddhism. Among them the sculpture of Avalokiteshwar is of prime importance and one can find this sculpture in most of the cave along with the sculpture of vrikshikas.
Apart from the above sculpture there is a structure built by monks which also is of prime importance for the Buddhist religion and that structure is called as stupa. Stupa is a solid domical structure that is built on the relics (remains) of the Buddhist monks and have ambulatory passage. The stupa is considered sacred and all those stupas in the world are built since ancient times. Kanheri caves have three stupas that can be seen when one enters the kanheri caves premises. Below are the images of these three stupas.
Who doesn't love to travel? Every other person in any corner of the world must have visited such a place where they also take their heart and soul with them, just like the parents take their children to a new place. Such kind of place offers such amusement that can be experienced in our mind even after a long time. Everyone needs such memories so that they can cherish it till the life entertains them. One among them is a Kanheri cave.
About Kanheri caves
Located in the heart of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park at Borivali, a suburban area of Mumbai, Kanheri caves is a Buddhist historical site. This sites have up to 109 caves that were built during the different phases between 1st CE to 11th CE. The caves have been carved from basaltic hill. They were primarily built as a 'vihars' (a Buddhist resident). This were used by the Buddhist monk as a learning center during the Hinayana and later Mahayana phase. On the wall of this caves are sculpted various symbols and manisfestation of Buddhism. Among them the sculpture of Avalokiteshwar is of prime importance and one can find this sculpture in most of the cave along with the sculpture of vrikshikas.
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| Avalokiteshvara sculpture |
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| Vrikshikas sculpture |
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