Overview
Five Jain cave temples forming the final phase of the Ellora complex, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The largest, Cave 32, is known as the Indra Sabha. Sect: Digambara.
History
The five Jain caves were excavated in the ninth and early tenth centuries CE, after the Buddhist and Hindu phases.
Spiritual Significance
Ellora is the clearest demonstration anywhere that Buddhist, Hindu and Jain rock-cut traditions were practised at one site over centuries, and the Jain caves are its last word. Their carving is finer and more intricate than the earlier phases, and traces of painting survive.
Pilgrimage Information
Getting there and getting in. On the established Ellora circuit near Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, with no pilgrimage-scale climb. Jain temples of this rank commonly prohibit leather articles, restrict photography, and expect bathing before worship. Where this page does not state a restriction, it is because no source documented one for this particular site, not because none applies. Confirm on arrival.
Preservation
Protection status. UNESCO World Heritage, inscribed 1983.
Sources
- Ellora Caves other
About this page
Researched and written by YatraBeyond from published sources, and not yet confirmed by the temple. Facts here are cross-checked against at least two independent sources, never written from memory, and every source is listed above.
Last reviewed by us: 2026-09-17. Timings, entry rules and access can change without notice; treat anything time-sensitive as a starting point and confirm before you travel.
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