KHANDAGIRI AND UDAYAGIRI

This twin inclines is eminent for Jain Caves. The stone cut natural hollows worked for Jain clerics are an unprecedented case of Indian give in carvings and Art. There are a couple of hollows like Hati Gumpha (Elephant Cave), Rani Gumpha (Queen’s Cave) have shake announcement in Pali lingo. This stone request gives terrific case of Pali records which is a record of Kharvela’s 13 year run the show. Another flourished workmanship like Fresco-Painting in the stone cut sinkholes of the Khandagiri and Udayagiri slants are considered as the soonest remains of the pictorial craftsmanship in Odisha yet now it has been lost in view of the retaliation of time. A more noteworthy measure of shake workmanship in Udayagiri natural hollows shows up about the Dance and Music of the main century BC of our Country. The move as addressed in the hollows at Udayagiri is as of now the Odissi Dance of today. Reliably on Magha Shukla Saptami day immense number of fans gather here for adoration in the asylum with Khandakhir. The Khandagiri Mela had moreover unmistakable among the overall public of various religions.

Both the inclines are made out of sandstones. Khandagiri is 123 ft high while Udayagiri is 110 ft high. There are totally 24 breakdown Udayagiri and 19 breakdown Khandagiri where Jain monkish life living around 2000 years earlier and hollows were first passed on to see by A. Stirling in 1825 AD.

It is orchestrated at a division of 13 km from Bhubaneswar Railway Station and 10 km from Airport. The nearest Bus Stop is Baramunda which is 01 km from the twin inclines.