Madhya Pradesh Pandav Caves

Located on little mountain, Pandava Caverns at Panchmarhi are considered to had been protection factor of Pandavas during interval of exile. These caves are number of 26-30 Hinayana Buddhist Caverns which are 1100 decades of age and designed through various Buddhist leaders as houses for team. Most of these caves are Vihara except for Eighteenth cavern called as Chaitya. The place of these caves is sacred Buddhist site. It is an essential vacationer milestone at Panchmarhi.

History

Pachmarhi is known as after these caves. The terms Panch + marhi indicate Five Caverns. There is an awesome lawn at front side of the caverns. According to well-known perception and regional stars, pandava's of the Mahabharata along with their Draupadi 'their wife' invested an aspect of exile here. Moreover to these Pandavas, even Buddhists priests will be considered to have taken protection here at the first millennium B.C.

The caves got etched out as in 1st and 2nd millennium as houses for these idols of Jain leaders. You can get to see the caves villa idols of Buddha as well as Bodhisatva and symbols of the Jain Teerthankara Vrishabhdeo, Manibhadraji as well as Ambikadevi. The Pandava Caverns had been now secured typical monuments.

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