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Nestled
in the crook of the Charanadari hill in Deccan is a series of ancient temples
and monasteries hewn out of the moutainside. Situated on the ancient north-
south trade route or the dakshinapatha, the tiny mountain village of Verul -
mutated today to Ellora -was a well- known stopover for traders, priests and
pilgrims who plied the route to the western ports..
Way
back in1819, a party of British army officers on a tiger hunt in the forest
of western Deccan, suddenly spotted their prey, on the far side of a loop in
the Waghora river. High up on the horseshoe- shaped cliff, the hunting party
saw the tiger, silhouetted against the carved façade of a cave.|
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