“Do you want to go left first or right?” the auto-rickshaw driver asks me as we approach a T-junction.
“I don’t know. Whichever takes me to Aurangabad Caves“, I reply, a little confused by the question.
“Both turns will take you to the Caves. Part of the Caves is on the left and part is on the right. I asked since you have to begin somewhere.”
“Umm… in that case, take the left.”
About 10 minutes later, I’m at the foot of a flight of steps that will lead me to the Westernmost part of the Aurangabad Caves.
I have very carefully stowed the entry ticket away in my backpack as I will need it to visit the other, Eastern, set of Aurangabad Caves, which is over a kilometre away according to the ticket clerk. There aren’t too many visitors around on that pleasantly warm December afternoon of 2013. The few who are there are Buddhist devotees dressed in white and carrying offerings of white flowers. The climb is an easy one and I reach the entrance to the first of the Caves in no time. Continue reading “Aurangabad: Rock-cut caves, Bibi ka Maqbara, Panchakki”
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