Package Duration : 4 Days

  Aurangabad - 3 Nights

Day

Programme

Arrive Aurangabad.
After lunch, leave for Paithan (56 kms.) (Paithan is located at around 56 kmd south of Aurangabad on the banks of Godavari River. It known in the ancient times as 'Pratishthan' was capital city of Satvahan dynasty and major hub of commerce at that time. Paithan is also the birthplace of Sant Eknath- one of the greatest saints of Maharashtra.Great sant Dnyaneshwar made vedamantras to be spoken from the mouth of malebuffalow thereby showing vedas are not soleright of brahmins anybody can go for them) and Sant Dyaneshwar Gardens (built on the lines of the famous Vrindavan Gardens in Mysore, Pinjore in Haryana and the Shalimar in Kashmir. The musical fountain show is noteworthy. Do not miss the Museum that houses remnants found in the excavation done around Paithan. It is located at the far end of the garden). Night halt at Aurangabad.

After breakfast, leave for full day excursion tour of Ajanta Caves. (to & fro- 220 kms.) (there are about 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 or 650 CE. The caves include paintings and sculptures are the finest surviving examples of Indian art, particularly painting which are masterpieces of Buddhist religious art, with figures of the Buddha and depictions of the Jataka tales). Return to Aurangabad. Night halt at Aurangabad.

After breakfast, visit- Ellora caves (29 kms.) (these caves, locally known as ‘Verul Leni’ is located on the Aurangabad-Chalisgaon road towards north-west of Aurangabad. The name Ellora itself inspires everyone as it represents one of the largest rock-hewn monastic-temple complexes in the entire world. Ellora is also world famous for the largest single monolithic excavation in the world, the great Kailasa (Cave 16). The visit to these caves is enjoyed maximum during monsoon, when every stream is filled with rainwater, and the entire environ is lush green)
After lunch visit- Daulatabad fort (Devagiri (Daultabad of the later period), 11 kms. north-west of Aurangabad, is a famous for its formidable hill fort. The fort is situated on an isolated cone-shaped hill rising abruptly from the plain to the height of about 190 metres. The fortification constitutes of three concentric lines of defensive walls with large number of bastions. The noteworthy features of the fort are the moat, the scarp and the sub-terranean passage, all hewn of solid rock. The upper outlet of the passage was filled with an iron grating, on which a large fire could be used to prevent the progress of the enemy. The Chand Minar, the Chini Mahal and the Baradari are the important structures within the fort), Panchakki (also known as the water mill, takes its name from the mill which used to grind grain for the pilgrims. This monument located in Aurangabad city, displays the scientific thought process put in medieval Indian architecture. It was designed to generate energy via water brought down from a spring on a mountain. The building, attached to the dargah of Baba Shah Musafir, a Sufi saint is located in a garden near the Mahmud Darvaza and consist of a mosque, a madrissa, a kacheri, a minister's house, a sarai and houses for zananas) and Bibi-ka-Makbara (The Bibi-Ka-Maqbara is a beautiful mausoleum of Rabia-ul-Daurani alias Dilras Banu Begum, the wife of the Mughal Emperor Aurangazeb (1658-1707 A.D.). This mausoleum is believed to be constructed by Prince Azam Shah in memory of his mother between 1651 and 1661 A.D. The mausoleum draws its inspiration from the world famous Taj Mahal of Agra (constructed between 1631 and 1648 A.D.) and hence it is rightly known as the "Taj of Deccan"). Night halt at Aurangabad.

Departure to Mumbai.

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