kondana caves

Karjat Near Kondivade Village, Raigad, India Phone: Not Available Not Available

About

This are caves created in the mountain and have an excellent location. These caves were used initially by Buddhist Monk and then by foreign traders having trade with this part for onward journey may be to sea route on western coast. These caves enclose sculptures, vihara, cahitya and stupa. Sculptures and stupas are specimens of the ancient period Buddhist architecture. There was a natural disaster in the form of an earth quake in early 1900 by which many stupas.