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	* [[Indian rock-cut architecture]]		* [[Indian rock-cut architecture]]

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{{Short description|Caves in Maharashtra state of India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox cave
| name = Kondivite Caves
| photo = Mahakali caves.jpg
| photo_caption = Kondivite Caves, Cave 2.
| location = [[Andheri]] (East), Near Caves road, [[Mumbai]]
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| geology = Basalt
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{{BuddhasHolySites}}

The '''Mahakali Caves''', also '''Kondivite Caves''', are a group of 19 rock-cut monuments built between 1st century BCE and 6th century CE.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Ancient-caves-battle-neglect/articleshow/4770451.cms |title=Ancient caves battle neglect |last=Jaisinghani |first=Bella |date=13 July 2009 |newspaper=[[Times of India]] |access-date=2009-10-28}}</ref>

This Buddhist monastery is located in the eastern suburb of [[Andheri]] in the city of [[Mumbai]] (Bombay) in western [[India]].<ref name="Kumar 2003 p. 12">{{cite book |last=Kumar |first=R. |title=Essays on Indian Art and Architecture |publisher=Discovery Publishing House |series=History and culture series |year=2003 |isbn=978-81-7141-715-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BT77yuqxGj4C&pg=PA12 |access-date=4 June 2021 |page=12}}</ref> The monument consists of two groups of rock-cut caves – 4 caves more to the north-west and 15 caves more to the south-east. Most caves are [[vihara]]s and cells for monks, but Cave 9 of the south-eastern group is [[chaitya]]. Caves in the northwest have been created mainly in the 4th – 5th century, while the south-eastern group is older. The monument contains also rock-cut cisterns and remnants of other structures.

Caves are carved out of a solid black [[basalt]] rock,(volcanic trap breccias, prone to weathering).

The largest cave at Kondivite (Cave 9) has seven depictions of the Buddha and figures from Buddhist mythology but all are mutilated.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fline/fl2615/stories/20090731261506600.htm |title=In a shambles |last=Bavadam |first=Lyla |date=18–31 July 2009 |publisher=[[Frontline (U.S. TV series)|Frontline]] |access-date=2009-10-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130125062548/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fline/fl2615/stories/20090731261506600.htm |archive-date=2013-01-25}}</ref>

It is located near the junction between the [[Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road]] and [[SEEPZ]]. The road that connects these monuments to [[Andheri Kurla Road]] is named Mahakali Caves Road after it. The caves are located on a hill that overlooks the Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road and the SEEPZ++ area.<ref name="paydirt">{{cite web |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040125/spectrum/travel.htm |title=Pay dirt: Treasure amidst Mumbai's trash |last=Gaur |first=Abhilash |date=2004-01-25 |work=The Tribune |access-date=2008-09-01}}</ref> A Direct bus run by the [[Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport|BEST]] links the caves with [[Andheri]] station. The caves were in danger of being encroached upon, but now it is steel fenced on the roadside and walled on the hillside.{{clarify|date=October 2017}}

<gallery class="center" caption="" widths="200px" heights="145px">
Mahakali caves 01.jpg|Kondivite Caves
Mahakali caves buddha stupa.jpg|[[Stupa|Buddha Stupa]] in Cave 9.
Kondivite cave.jpg|Volume plan of Cave 9.
</gallery>

== See also ==
{{Portal|India}}
* [[Indian rock-cut architecture]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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* [https://www.sworld.co.uk/02/7613/photoalbum/colosseo-il-piu-grande-anfiteatro-di-roma-Secret-World The Mahakali Caves – Secret World]
{{caves around Mumbai}}
{{Indian Buddhist Caves}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Buddhist caves in India]]
[[Category:Buddhist monasteries in India]]
[[Category:Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India]]
[[Category:Buddhist temples in India]]
[[Category:Caves containing pictograms in India]]
[[Category:Former populated places in India]]
[[Category:Indian rock-cut architecture]]
[[Category:Stupas in India]]

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