Sacred Caves And Cave Temples

Below is an illustrated index of the 18 Sacred Caves and Cave Temples profiled on Sacred Destinations so far. For photo credits, please see corresponding articles.

Featured Sacred Caves and Cave Temples

Ajanta Caves Maharashtra, India A series of 29 Buddhist cave temples dating from as early as the 2nd century BC, the Ajanta Caves contain some of the best masterpieces of Buddhist art in India. Seokguram Grotto South Korea An 8th-century Buddhist cave temple in the hills above Bulguksa, this is the only structure surviving fully intact from the Silla era. Mogao Caves Gansu, China These Buddhist cave temples were a center of culture on the Silk Road from the 4th to the 14th centuries and contain well-preserved religious murals and carvings spanning that entire period.

All Sacred Caves and Cave Temples (by Country) Longmen Caves Henan, China Mogao Caves Gansu, China Lascaux Caves France Cave of the Apocalypse Patmos, Greek Islands, Greece Cave Church Budapest, Budapest, Hungary Ajanta Caves Maharashtra, India Ellora Caves Maharashtra, India Elephanta Caves Maharashtra, India Milk Grotto Bethlehem, West Bank, Israel Elijah's Cave Haifa, Israel Tombs of the Patriarchs Hebron, West Bank, Israel Subiaco Monastery (Sacro Speco) Subiaco, Lazio, Italy Seokguram Grotto South Korea Cave of the Seven Sleepers Ephesus, Turkey Grotto of St. Paul Ephesus, Turkey Cave Church of St. Peter Antioch, Turkey Göreme Cave Churches Cappadocia, Turkey Kaneana Cave (Makua Cave) Hawaii, USA

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