Rock Cut Sculptures of Kauvadol Hills

Kauva Dol Hill located  at the distance of 30kms from Gaya district headquarters. in Gaya  district of Bihar is a tall perpendicular rock on the top of the bluff of  granite peak about 500 feet high. It resembles a ruined stupa without its pinnacle and  is inaccessible. The remains of a Buddhist monastery are yet to be excavated here.  At the foot of the hill one can find numerous Brahaminical figures carved in relief.  The figures include those of Vishnu and Hayagiriva  and Ganesh and also the buffalo slaying Goddess Bhansuri Devi. Also prominent is a black stone figure of the Buddha 7 feet in height and 7 and half feet broad which is now worshipped as Bhim Sen.