Kune Falls

Kune Falls

200 m tall waterfall with 3 cascades. The tallest cascade is some 100 m tall. At high water the falls are very impressive.

Taj Mahal Palace Hotel

Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai

Enormous building of historic prestigious hotel, built in 1903. The building is designed in the Saracenic Revival style.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai

One of most iconic railway terminal buildings in Asia, built in 1897. One of most sumptuous and largest examples of Gothic Revival architecture with the influence of many other styles.

Lonar crater

Lonar crater lake, India

A meteorite crater filled with a saltwater lake. The bolide hit the basaltic rock approximately 570,000 years ago. The diameter of the crater is 1.8 km, with a 1.2 km wide lake in it, depth of the crater – around 150 m. Lonar Lake contains rare and unusual microorganisms.

Wonders of Maharashtra

Kailasanatha Temple, India

Wondermondo 🢖 World 🢖 Wonders of Asia 🢖 Wonders of India 🢖 Wonders of Maharashtra Territory Wonders of Maharashtra   Highlights Maharashtra is a truly splendid state. It has everything – enormous metropolises and countless waterfalls in mountains, urban decay and architectural splendor, remnants of millennia-old Harappan towns and modern, very expensive architecture. Highlights of Maharashtra are: Rock-cut temples. Some of them belong to […]

Aurangabad Caves

Aurangabad Caves, general view

12 rock-cut Buddhist temples from the 2nd – 7th century AD with some of the best sculptures of the classical Indian period.

Pitalkhora Caves

Pitalkhora caves

14 ancient rock-cut Buddhist sanctuaries from around 250 BC. In the 4th century AD, it was revived and murals were added.

Kanheri Caves

View from the hill above Kanheri Caves towards suburbs of Mumbai

Group of 109 Buddhist rock cut cave temples in the outskirts of Mumbai, developed in the 1st century BC – 9th century AD.

Pandav Leni Caves

Pandav Leni Caves in Maharashtra, entrance

Five rock-cut Buddhist cave temples. According to local legends caves have been created by Pandavas – heroes of Hindu epic Mahabharata.

Bedse Caves

Ceiling in Bedse Caves is bare, without adornment. Five columns with ornaments are visible

Two legendary Buddhist rock-cut cave temples. One cave is chaitya – prayer hall, another – vihara – monastery, created sometime around 60 BC.