page_title: Cave paintings in India
section_title: Ellora
hierarchical_section_title: Cave paintings in India / Early medieval caves / Ellora
caption_attribution_description: A bas-relief panel from Ellora (Cave 29, or Dhumar Lena) showing Shiva and Parvati while Ravana tries to shake Mt Kailasha. I took the photo myself, and release it under the licenses below. QuartierLatin1968 13:27, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
context_page_description: The history of cave paintings in India or rock art range from drawings and paintings from prehistoric times, beginning in the caves of Central India, typified by those at the Bhimbetka rock shelters from around 10,000 BP, to elaborate frescoes at sites such as the rock-cut artificial caves at Ajanta and Ellora, extending as late as the 10th – 12th century BP.
context_section_description: The Ellora Caves are located about 18 miles from the city of Aurangabad in the Chamadari Hills. Pre-historic paintings were engraved in five Ellora Caves. The Ellora paintings can be organized in two series. The first set of paintings depicts images of the goddess Lakshmi and Lord Vishnu and was developed while the caves were engraved. The second set of images focuses on images of Lord Shiva with his followers, Apsaras, etc and was developed centuries after the formation of the caves.
caption: Bas-relief from Ellora (Cave 29) showing Shiva and Parvati.
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