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Bhokardan Caves
Bhokardan Caves
Bhokardan Tukai Caves
	Overview of Bhokardan Caves
Location	Bhokardan, Jalna district, Maharashtra
Coordinates	20°16′14″N 75°45′48″E / 20.270509°N 75.763357°E
Geology	Basalt

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Bhokardan Caves, is also known as Bhokardan Tukai Caves are located on the bank of Kelana river, north of Bhokardan city, Jalna district of Indian state of Maharashtra.

Description

Bhokardan Caves consists of a double hall with six cells at the back. The columns of the hall are plain but massive in proportion, and one of them bears an inscription. The script of appears to be the 9th century A.D.

There are sculptures on the right and left walls of the cave as also at the doorways of the cells. The shrine has a pair of dvarapalas carved along the doorjambs. Inside the shrine, there are traces of a yoni, and so the cave originally seems to have been dedicated to Shaiva worship. The style of the cave excavation at Bhokardan, it can be well assigned to the Eastern Chalukya milieu.

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carvings in interior showing Durga, Surya, and female chowriebearer
carvings in interior showing Samkarsana and Revati
hunting scene and panel depicting linga veneration
view of Bhokardan caves

Nearby places and cities

Ajanta Caves - 46 km (29 mi)

Ellora Caves - 81 km (50 mi)

Pitalkhora Caves - 98 km (61 mi)

Jalna - 55 km (34 mi)

Aurangabad - 77 km (48 mi)

Sillod - 15 km (9.3 mi)

Buldhana - 64 km (40 mi)

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