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Karla Caves Documentation
Karla Caves Documentation
KARLA VILLAGE
Karli village is located on the highway between Pune and Mumbai
in Mawal Taluka of Pune district.
Natinal highways reachable to Karla are NH348 & NH65
Nearest Railway Station, Lonavala Station: 6. 32 Kms
The town encompasses an area of 457 ha ( 1,129 acres)
The village comprised 624 households (census 2011), the
popiulation of 2748 was split between 1493 males and 1309
females.
Near by rivers are River Bhima & River Ghod.
BUDDHIST CAVES
Buddhist monks were also in the habit of using natural caves, such as the
Saptaparni Cave, southwest from Rajgir, Bihar. The Buddha himself had
also used the Indrasala Cave for meditation, starting a tradition of using
caves, natural or man-made, as religious retreats, that would last for over
a millennium.
Few of the most famous and oldest buddhist caves are the Bhaja Caves,
the Karla Caves, the Besdse Caves, the Kanheri caves & some of the
Ajanta Caves.
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