Udayagiri and Khandagiri caves, formerly called Kattaka Gumpha or Cuttack caves, are partly natural and partly artificial caves of archaeological, historical and religious importance 3 km south of the city of Bhubaneswar in Odisha, India. The caves are situated on two adjacent hills, Udayagiri and Khandagiri mentioned as Kumari Parvata in the Hathigumpha inscription. They have a number of finely and ornately carved caves built during the 1st century BCE. It is believed that most of these caves were carved out as residential blocks for Jain monks during the reign of King Kharavela. Udayagiri means "Sunrise Hill" and has 18 caves while Khandagiri has 15 caves.
Wikimedia, Wikidata All ancient caves, structures and other monuments or remains situated on the Udaygiri and the Khandagiri hills except the temple of Parasnath on the top of the Khandagiri hill and also the temple in front of the Barabhuji and the Trisula Caves cave temple, Jain temple, cave, link={{{3}}}
Hathigumpha inscription ⓘ Hathigumpha Inscription consists of seventeen lines in a Central-Western form of Prakrit incised in a deep-cut Brahmi script on the overhanging brow of a natural cavern called Hathigumpha in the southern side of the Udayagiri hill, near Bhubaneswar
Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves ⓘ partly natural and partly artificial caves of archaeological, historical and religious importance near the city of Bhubaneswar in Odisha, India
Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
*Right-hand wing of the Rani Gumpha, Udayagiri*
*General view of the facade of the Rani Gumpha, Udayagiri, a photo by Alexander E. Caddy, 1895
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