The caveman (part 1 of 2)
Dec. 8th, 2008 03:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
london1967I enjoyed a trip out of Pune on Saturday. I booked a taxi for 8 am to go about 50 km north-west to visit the caves of Karla and Bhaja.
There are not as big and famous as Ellora and Ajanta but these two were out of reach for a day trip.
Even so, when I got to Karla I was gobsmacked by the beauty of the Buddhist chaitya (prayer hall) that dates from the 1st century B.C.
I was the only Westerner there and most of the local people went to the new Buddhist temple just outside the cave; for about 5 minutes I had all this to myself:
There are not as big and famous as Ellora and Ajanta but these two were out of reach for a day trip.
Even so, when I got to Karla I was gobsmacked by the beauty of the Buddhist chaitya (prayer hall) that dates from the 1st century B.C.
I was the only Westerner there and most of the local people went to the new Buddhist temple just outside the cave; for about 5 minutes I had all this to myself:
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