Ellora Caves
Historical landmark in Verul, IndiaWikipedia
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Oct 8, 2026
JordanHOST
They're taking the name also from a real world place.
JordanHOST
They're taking it from the Ellora Caves, which is an ancient complex with monasteries and temples, like, built into, like, caves and cliff sides in Maharashtra, India.
JordanHOST
Which, hey, if you're from India-
KatieHOST
Hmm
Steve CurtinGUEST
... affinity, um, and, um...
Steve CurtinGUEST
Actually, let me, let me tell you, I'll tell you the story of what, what I, my experience at Ellora Ajanta Caves, because this is-
Debra RoseHOST
Okay
Steve CurtinGUEST
... how I got into Buddhism.
Steve CurtinGUEST
Um, Ellora and Ajanta Caves, uh, I recommend anybody Google them.
Steve CurtinGUEST
These are these massive caves that were literally carved out of solid rock, and they have these, um, uh- ... reclining Buddha statues that are like the size of a, of a school bus.
Steve CurtinGUEST
Um, and, uh, so I was just sitting there drinking it all in, and it just felt like something was transmitted to me [laughs] and sort of my consciousness was expanded.
Sunya KjolhedeHOST
And so they're, they're, they've really proliferated from medieval times to now as paintings and carvings on stupas and temple walls and gates all over, especially Southeast Asia.
Sunya KjolhedeHOST
In the Ellora and Ajanta Caves, you find all these, all these pi- pictures, paintings of-- and in Thai temples of the different lifetimes.
Sunya KjolhedeHOST
And everybody knew what these were, you know? It was just part of the culture.
Sunya KjolhedeHOST
It is part of the culture.