The Kanheri Caves

One of my last days in mumbai, two of the R&H'ers were kind
enough to go out with me for the day, Rohit and Anil, for a day
out at the famous Buddhist cave complex, the Kanheri Caves.

Spending the day with Rohit and Anil was delightful, they
have a great sense of humor, and they were, like me, very into
the photographic aspects of the caves. In other words, they didn't
mind as I took forever... :0)

Here's one of the cave entrances:

From The Kanheri Caves

Here's a picture of the ever companionable Rohit:

From The Kanheri Caves

Who actually doesn't like to be photographed! :0)
Also, here's our other companion Anil:

From The Kanheri Caves

And a few of the Amazing Buddhist sculptures we saw at the caves:


From The Kanheri Caves

From The Kanheri Caves


From The Kanheri Caves

We even stumbled on a mini Bollywood moment, with one of India's biggest Bollywood stars filming a public message promo outside of the main cave and we got to hear him singing asking his 'friend' not to write on the monuments. We actually had to hear him sing over and over again as he did take after take. Finally we were able to slip past between takes.

From The Kanheri Caves

It's the guy on the left in the white, btw.

The best things about the caves tho were the main stupa room, which is like the heart of the complex. I'd studied it over 20 years ago in college in my Indian Art History class, and I could finally see it in person!

From The Kanheri Caves

And a little side shot back by the stupa:

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And to top it all off there were butterflies, monkeys, and tigers that day too!

From The Kanheri Caves

From The Kanheri Caves

From The Kanheri Caves

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