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	'''Tulja Caves''' ('''Tulja Lena''' ~~तुळजा लेणी~~) are located beyond the [[Shivneri]] hill, about 4 km to the west of [[Junnar]], [[India]].<ref name=AHIR>{{cite book\|last=Ahir\|first=D. C.\|title=Buddhist sites and shrines in India : history, art, and architecture\|year=2003\|publisher=Sri Satguru Publ.\|location=Delhi\|isbn=8170307740\|page=192\|edition=1.}}</ref> Other caves surrounding the city of Junnar are: [[Manmodi Caves]], [[Shivneri Caves]] and [[Lenyadri\|Lenyadri caves]].		'''Tulja Caves''' ('''Tulja Lena''') are located beyond the [[Shivneri]] hill, about 4 km to the west of [[Junnar]], [[India]].<ref name=AHIR>{{cite book\|last=Ahir\|first=D. C.\|title=Buddhist sites and shrines in India : history, art, and architecture\|year=2003\|publisher=Sri Satguru Publ.\|location=Delhi\|isbn=8170307740\|page=192\|edition=1.}}</ref> Other caves surrounding the city of Junnar are: [[Manmodi Caves]], [[Shivneri Caves]] and [[Lenyadri\|Lenyadri caves]].

	The cave has circular [[Chaitya]] hall surrounded by twelve octagonal pillars around [[Stupa]].<ref>{{cite book\|last=Dalal\|first=Roshen\|title=The religions of India : a concise guide to nine major faiths\|year=2010\|publisher=Penguin Books\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=978-0143415176\|page=177\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pNmfdAKFpkQC~~&q=%22junnar%22+%22tulja%22~~&pg=PA177\|edition=Rev.}}</ref> These caves are one of the earliest caves of [[Junnar]], excavated around 50 B.C. This [[Buddhist]] [[cave]] group consist of 11 cave. ~~Now, cave~~ No 4 is ~~taken over by [[Hindu]]s and converted into~~ a temple of goddess [[Tulja Devi]].<ref name=AHIR />		The cave has circular [[Chaitya]] hall surrounded by twelve octagonal pillars around [[Stupa]].<ref>{{cite book\|last=Dalal\|first=Roshen\|title=The religions of India : a concise guide to nine major faiths\|year=2010\|publisher=Penguin Books\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=978-0143415176\|page=177\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pNmfdAKFpkQC&pg=PA177\|edition=Rev.}}</ref> These caves are one of the earliest caves of [[Junnar]], excavated around 50 B.C. This [[Buddhist]] [[cave]] group consist of 14 cave. Cave No 4 is used as a temple of goddess [[Tulja Devi]].<ref name=AHIR />

	==Description==		==Description==
	The Tulja Lena caves lie in a hill about a mile and a half or two miles north-west from [[Junnar]], beyond the north end of Sivaneri hill. They ~~are so named, because one of them has been appropriated by the modern [[Brahman]]s as~~ a shrine of [[Tulja Devi]], a form of [[Bhavani]], the consort of [[Shiva]] (see [[Tulja Bhavani Temple]]).<ref name="Fergusson">{{cite book\|last1=Fergusson\|first1=James\|last2=Burgess\|first2=James\|title=The cave temples of India\|date=1880\|publisher=London : Allen\|url=https://archive.org/stream/cavetemplesofind00ferguoft}}</ref>		The Tulja Lena caves lie in a hill about a mile and a half or two miles north-west from [[Junnar]], beyond the north end of Sivaneri hill. They owe their name to a shrine of [[Tulja Devi]], a form of [[Bhavani]], the consort of [[Shiva]] (see [[Tulja Bhavani Temple]]).<ref name="Fergusson">{{cite book\|last1=Fergusson\|first1=James\|last2=Burgess\|first2=James\|title=The cave temples of India\|date=1880\|publisher=London : Allen\|url=https://archive.org/stream/cavetemplesofind00ferguoft}}</ref>

	The caves run along the face of the cliff nearly from south-east to north-west, facing about south-west, but all the façades have fallen away. They consist of a number of cells and two small [[vihara]]s, with a [[Chaitya]] cave of a form quite unique. It is circular in plan, 25 feet 6 inches across, with a [[Stupa\|dagoba]] in the centre, 8 feet 2 inches in diameter, surrounded by twelve plain octagonal shafts 11 feet in height, supporting a dome over the dagoba. The surrounding aisle is roofed by a half arch rising from the wall to the upper side of an architrave 7 or 8 inches deep over the pillars.		The caves run along the face of the cliff nearly from south-east to north-west, facing about south-west, but all the façades have fallen away. They consist of a number of cells and two small [[vihara]]s, with a [[Chaitya]] cave of a form quite unique. It is circular in plan, 25 feet 6 inches across, with a [[Stupa\|dagoba]] in the centre, 8 feet 2 inches in diameter, surrounded by twelve plain octagonal shafts 11 feet in height, supporting a dome over the dagoba. The surrounding aisle is roofed by a half arch rising from the wall to the upper side of an architrave 7 or 8 inches deep over the pillars.
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	The dagoba is perfectly plain, but its capital has been hewn off to convert it into a huge [[linga]] of [[Shiva]], and even the dome is much hacked into, while some of the pillars have been notched and others broken.<ref name="Fergusson" />		The dagoba is perfectly plain, but its capital has been hewn off to convert it into a huge [[linga]] of [[Shiva]], and even the dome is much hacked into, while some of the pillars have been notched and others broken.<ref name="Fergusson" />

	In front of this cave and the one on each side of it is a platform built by the modern ~~devotes~~ of Tulja Devi.<ref name="Fergusson" />		In front of this cave and the one on each side of it is a platform built by the modern devotees of Tulja Devi.<ref name="Fergusson" />

	Over the front of one of the cells to the north-east of this are left some Chaitya-window ornamentation, a larger one over where the door has been, the inner arch of which is filled with knotted ribbons etc..., similar to what is over the Chaitya-cave door at the [[Nasik Caves]], while the front of the arch is carved with flowers. On each side of this is a smaller arch; and farther to the left is a dagoba in half relief with the umbrella or [[chhatri]] over it, on each side a [[Gandharva]] or [[Kinnara]] above, and a male figure below, that to		Over the front of one of the cells to the north-east of this are left some Chaitya-window ornamentation, a larger one over where the door has been, the inner arch of which is filled with knotted ribbons etc..., similar to what is over the Chaitya-cave door at the [[Nasik Caves]], while the front of the arch is carved with flowers. On each side of this is a smaller arch; and farther to the left is a dagoba in half relief with the umbrella or [[chhatri]] over it, on each side a [[Gandharva]] or [[Kinnara]] above, and a male figure below, that to
	the right attended by a female, but all of them weatherworn. Over all is a projecting frieze carved on front with the "Buddhist rail pattern".<ref name="Fergusson" />		the right attended by a female, but all of them weatherworn. Over all is a projecting frieze carved on front with the "Buddhist rail pattern".<ref name="Fergusson" />

	[[File:Tulja Lena Chaitya remains.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Remains of the circular Chaitya.\|296x296px]]Next to these are two more plain fronts, and then two with Chaitya-window heads over where the doors have been, and smaller ones between, and the "rail ornament" and quadrantal carved roll supported by slender brackets in entire relief, as at the [[Bhaja Caves]].<ref name="Fergusson" />[[File:Tulja Lena Chaitya window decorations.jpg\|thumb\|Tulja Lena Chaitya window decorations.]][[File:Tulja Lena Chaitya cave plan and elevation.jpg\|thumb\|Tulja Lena [[Chaitya]], plan and elevation.]]		[[File:Tulja Lena Chaitya remains.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Remains of the circular Chaitya.\|296x296px]]Next to these are two more plain fronts, and then two with Chaitya-window heads over where the doors have been, and smaller ones between, and the "rail ornament" and quadrantal carved roll supported by slender brackets in entire relief, as at the [[Bhaja Caves]].<ref name="Fergusson" />[[File:Tulja Lena Chaitya window decorations.jpg\|thumb\|Tulja Lena Chaitya window decorations.]] [[File:Tulja Lena Chaitya cave plan and elevation.jpg\|thumb\|Tulja Lena [[Chaitya]], plan and elevation.]]
	[[File:Tulja Caves Detailed carvings ( Pratik Butte Patil ).jpg\|center\|thumb\|459x459px\|Tulja Caves detailed carvings]]		[[File:Tulja Caves Detailed carvings ( Pratik Butte Patil ).jpg\|center\|thumb\|459x459px\|Tulja Caves detailed carvings]]
	[[File:Tulja Lena frieze.jpg\|thumb\|A frieze at Tulja Lena.]]		[[File:Tulja Lena frieze.jpg\|thumb\|A frieze at Tulja Lena.]]
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	The caves run along the face of the cliff nearly from south-east to north-west, facing about south-west, but all the façades have fallen away. They consist of a number of cells and two small [[vihara]]s, with a [[Chaitya]] cave of a form quite unique. It is circular in plan, 25 feet 6 inches across, with a [[Stupa\|dagoba]] in the centre, 8 feet 2 inches in diameter, surrounded by twelve plain octagonal shafts 11 feet in height, supporting a dome over the dagoba. The surrounding aisle is roofed by a half arch rising from the wall to the upper side of an architrave 7 or 8 inches deep over the pillars.		The caves run along the face of the cliff nearly from south-east to north-west, facing about south-west, but all the façades have fallen away. They consist of a number of cells and two small [[vihara]]s, with a [[Chaitya]] cave of a form quite unique. It is circular in plan, 25 feet 6 inches across, with a [[Stupa\|dagoba]] in the centre, 8 feet 2 inches in diameter, surrounded by twelve plain octagonal shafts 11 feet in height, supporting a dome over the dagoba. The surrounding aisle is roofed by a half arch rising from the wall to the upper side of an architrave 7 or 8 inches deep over the pillars.
	[[File:Tulja Caves from distant ( Pratik Butte Patil ).jpg\|left\|thumb\|330x330px\|Tulja Caves from a distance.]]		[[File:Tulja Caves from distant ( Pratik Butte Patil ).jpg\|left\|thumb\|330x330px\|Tulja Caves from a distance.]]
	The dagoba is perfectly plain, but its capital has been hewn off to convert it into a huge [[linga]] of [[Shiva]], and even the dome is much hacked into, while some of the pillars have been notched and others broken.<ref name="Fergusson" />		The dagoba is perfectly plain, but its capital has been hewn off to convert it into a huge [[linga]] of [[Shiva]], and even the dome is much hacked into, while some of the pillars have been notched and others broken.<ref name="Fergusson" />

	In front of this cave and the one on each side of it is a platform built by the modern devotes of Tulja Devi.<ref name="Fergusson" />		In front of this cave and the one on each side of it is a platform built by the modern devotes of Tulja Devi.<ref name="Fergusson" />

	Over the front of one of the cells to the north-east of this are left some Chaitya-window ornamentation, a larger one over where the door has been, the inner arch of which is filled with knotted ribbons etc..., similar to what is over the Chaitya-cave door at the [[Nasik Caves]], while the front of the arch is carved with flowers. On each side of this is a smaller arch; and farther to the left is a dagoba in half relief with the umbrella or [[chhatri]] over it, on each side a [[Gandharva]] or [[Kinnara]] above, and a male figure below, that to		Over the front of one of the cells to the north-east of this are left some Chaitya-window ornamentation, a larger one over where the door has been, the inner arch of which is filled with knotted ribbons etc..., similar to what is over the Chaitya-cave door at the [[Nasik Caves]], while the front of the arch is carved with flowers. On each side of this is a smaller arch; and farther to the left is a dagoba in half relief with the umbrella or [[chhatri]] over it, on each side a [[Gandharva]] or [[Kinnara]] above, and a male figure below, that to
	the right attended by a female, but all of them weatherworn. Over all is a projecting frieze carved on front with the "Buddhist rail pattern".<ref name="Fergusson" />		the right attended by a female, but all of them weatherworn. Over all is a projecting frieze carved on front with the "Buddhist rail pattern".<ref name="Fergusson" />

	[[File:Tulja Lena Chaitya remains.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Remains of the circular Chaitya.\|296x296px]]Next to these are two more plain fronts, and then two with Chaitya-window heads over where the doors have been, and smaller ones between, and the "rail ornament" and quadrantal carved roll supported by slender brackets in entire relief, as at the [[Bhaja Caves]].<ref name="Fergusson" />[[File:Tulja Lena Chaitya window decorations.jpg\|thumb\|Tulja Lena Chaitya window decorations.]][[File:Tulja Lena Chaitya cave plan and elevation.jpg\|thumb\|Tulja Lena [[Chaitya]], plan and elevation.]]		[[File:Tulja Lena Chaitya remains.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Remains of the circular Chaitya.\|296x296px]]Next to these are two more plain fronts, and then two with Chaitya-window heads over where the doors have been, and smaller ones between, and the "rail ornament" and quadrantal carved roll supported by slender brackets in entire relief, as at the [[Bhaja Caves]].<ref name="Fergusson" />[[File:Tulja Lena Chaitya window decorations.jpg\|thumb\|Tulja Lena Chaitya window decorations.]][[File:Tulja Lena Chaitya cave plan and elevation.jpg\|thumb\|Tulja Lena [[Chaitya]], plan and elevation.]]
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	'''Tulja Caves''' ('''Tulja Lena''' तुळजा लेणी) are located beyond the [[Shivneri]] hill, about ~~4km~~ to the west of [[Junnar]], [[India]].<ref name=AHIR>{{cite book\|last=Ahir\|first=D. C.\|title=Buddhist sites and shrines in India : history, art, and architecture\|year=2003\|publisher=Sri Satguru Publ.\|location=Delhi\|isbn=8170307740\|page=192\|edition=1.}}</ref> Other caves surrounding the city of Junnar are: [[Manmodi Caves]], [[Shivneri Caves]] and [[Lenyadri\|Lenyadri caves]].		'''Tulja Caves''' ('''Tulja Lena''' तुळजा लेणी) are located beyond the [[Shivneri]] hill, about 4 km to the west of [[Junnar]], [[India]].<ref name=AHIR>{{cite book\|last=Ahir\|first=D. C.\|title=Buddhist sites and shrines in India : history, art, and architecture\|year=2003\|publisher=Sri Satguru Publ.\|location=Delhi\|isbn=8170307740\|page=192\|edition=1.}}</ref> Other caves surrounding the city of Junnar are: [[Manmodi Caves]], [[Shivneri Caves]] and [[Lenyadri\|Lenyadri caves]].

	The cave has circular [[Chaitya]] hall surrounded by twelve octagonal pillars around [[Stupa]].<ref>{{cite book\|last=Dalal\|first=Roshen\|title=The religions of India : a concise guide to nine major faiths\|year=2010\|publisher=Penguin Books\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=978-0143415176\|page=177\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pNmfdAKFpkQC&q=%22junnar%22+%22tulja%22&pg=PA177\|edition=Rev.}}</ref> These caves are one of the earliest caves of [[Junnar]], excavated around 50 B.C. This [[Buddhist]] [[cave]] group consist of 11 cave. Now, cave No 4 is taken over by [[Hindu]]s and converted into a temple of goddess [[Tulja Devi]].<ref name=AHIR />		The cave has circular [[Chaitya]] hall surrounded by twelve octagonal pillars around [[Stupa]].<ref>{{cite book\|last=Dalal\|first=Roshen\|title=The religions of India : a concise guide to nine major faiths\|year=2010\|publisher=Penguin Books\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=978-0143415176\|page=177\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pNmfdAKFpkQC&q=%22junnar%22+%22tulja%22&pg=PA177\|edition=Rev.}}</ref> These caves are one of the earliest caves of [[Junnar]], excavated around 50 B.C. This [[Buddhist]] [[cave]] group consist of 11 cave. Now, cave No 4 is taken over by [[Hindu]]s and converted into a temple of goddess [[Tulja Devi]].<ref name=AHIR />
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	The dagoba is perfectly plain, but its capital has been hewn off to convert it into a huge [[linga]] of [[Shiva]], and even the dome is much hacked into, while some of the pillars have been notched and others broken.<ref name="Fergusson" />		The dagoba is perfectly plain, but its capital has been hewn off to convert it into a huge [[linga]] of [[Shiva]], and even the dome is much hacked into, while some of the pillars have been notched and others broken.<ref name="Fergusson" />

	In front of this cave and the one on each side of it is a platform built by the modern ~~devotees~~ of Tulja Devi.<ref name="Fergusson" />		In front of this cave and the one on each side of it is a platform built by the modern devotes of Tulja Devi.<ref name="Fergusson" />

	Over the front of one of the cells to the north-east of this are left some Chaitya-window ornamentation, a larger one over where the door has been, the inner arch of which is filled with knotted ribbons etc..., similar to what is over the Chaitya-cave door at the [[Nasik Caves]], while the front of the arch is carved with flowers. On each side of this is a smaller arch; and farther to the left is a dagoba in half relief with the umbrella or [[chhatri]] over it, on each side a [[Gandharva]] or [[Kinnara]] above, and a male figure below, that to		Over the front of one of the cells to the north-east of this are left some Chaitya-window ornamentation, a larger one over where the door has been, the inner arch of which is filled with knotted ribbons etc..., similar to what is over the Chaitya-cave door at the [[Nasik Caves]], while the front of the arch is carved with flowers. On each side of this is a smaller arch; and farther to the left is a dagoba in half relief with the umbrella or [[chhatri]] over it, on each side a [[Gandharva]] or [[Kinnara]] above, and a male figure below, that to

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	In front of this cave and the one on each side of it is a platform built by the modern ~~devotes~~ of Tulja Devi.<ref name="Fergusson" />		In front of this cave and the one on each side of it is a platform built by the modern devotees of Tulja Devi.<ref name="Fergusson" />

	Over the front of one of the cells to the north-east of this are left some Chaitya-window ornamentation, a larger one over where the door has been, the inner arch of which is filled with knotted ribbons etc..., similar to what is over the Chaitya-cave door at the [[Nasik Caves]], while the front of the arch is carved with flowers. On each side of this is a smaller arch; and farther to the left is a dagoba in half relief with the umbrella or [[chhatri]] over it, on each side a [[Gandharva]] or [[Kinnara]] above, and a male figure below, that to		Over the front of one of the cells to the north-east of this are left some Chaitya-window ornamentation, a larger one over where the door has been, the inner arch of which is filled with knotted ribbons etc..., similar to what is over the Chaitya-cave door at the [[Nasik Caves]], while the front of the arch is carved with flowers. On each side of this is a smaller arch; and farther to the left is a dagoba in half relief with the umbrella or [[chhatri]] over it, on each side a [[Gandharva]] or [[Kinnara]] above, and a male figure below, that to

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{{Infobox Cave
|name = Tulja Lena caves
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'''Tulja Caves''' ('''Tulja Lena''' तुळजा लेणी) are located beyond the [[Shivneri]] hill, about 4km to the west of [[Junnar]], [[India]].<ref name=AHIR>{{cite book|last=Ahir|first=D. C.|title=Buddhist sites and shrines in India : history, art, and architecture|year=2003|publisher=Sri Satguru Publ.|location=Delhi|isbn=8170307740|page=192|edition=1.}}</ref> Other caves surrounding the city of Junnar are: [[Manmodi Caves]], [[Shivneri Caves]] and [[Lenyadri|Lenyadri caves]].

The cave has circular [[Chaitya]] hall surrounded by twelve octagonal pillars around [[Stupa]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Dalal|first=Roshen|title=The religions of India : a concise guide to nine major faiths|year=2010|publisher=Penguin Books|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-0143415176|page=177|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pNmfdAKFpkQC&q=%22junnar%22+%22tulja%22&pg=PA177|edition=Rev.}}</ref> These caves are one of the earliest caves of [[Junnar]], excavated around 50 B.C. This [[Buddhist]] [[cave]] group consist of 11 cave. Now, cave No 4 is taken over by [[Hindu]]s and converted into a temple of goddess [[Tulja Devi]].<ref name=AHIR />

==Description==
The Tulja Lena caves lie in a hill about a mile and a half or two miles north-west from [[Junnar]], beyond the north end of Sivaneri hill. They are so named, because one of them has been appropriated by the modern [[Brahman]]s as a shrine of [[Tulja Devi]], a form of [[Bhavani]], the consort of [[Shiva]] (see [[Tulja Bhavani Temple]]).<ref name="Fergusson">{{cite book|last1=Fergusson|first1=James|last2=Burgess|first2=James|title=The cave temples of India|date=1880|publisher=London : Allen|url=https://archive.org/stream/cavetemplesofind00ferguoft}}</ref>

The caves run along the face of the cliff nearly from south-east to north-west, facing about south-west, but all the façades have fallen away. They consist of a number of cells and two small [[vihara]]s, with a [[Chaitya]] cave of a form quite unique. It is circular in plan, 25 feet 6 inches across, with a [[Stupa|dagoba]] in the centre, 8 feet 2 inches in diameter, surrounded by twelve plain octagonal shafts 11 feet in height, supporting a dome over the dagoba. The surrounding aisle is roofed by a half arch rising from the wall to the upper side of an architrave 7 or 8 inches deep over the pillars.
[[File:Tulja Caves from distant ( Pratik Butte Patil ).jpg|left|thumb|330x330px|Tulja Caves from a distance.]]
The dagoba is perfectly plain, but its capital has been hewn off to convert it into a huge [[linga]] of [[Shiva]], and even the dome is much hacked into, while some of the pillars have been notched and others broken.<ref name="Fergusson" />

In front of this cave and the one on each side of it is a platform built by the modern devotes of Tulja Devi.<ref name="Fergusson" />

Over the front of one of the cells to the north-east of this are left some Chaitya-window ornamentation, a larger one over where the door has been, the inner arch of which is filled with knotted ribbons etc..., similar to what is over the Chaitya-cave door at the [[Nasik Caves]], while the front of the arch is carved with flowers. On each side of this is a smaller arch; and farther to the left is a dagoba in half relief with the umbrella or [[chhatri]] over it, on each side a [[Gandharva]] or [[Kinnara]] above, and a male figure below, that to
the right attended by a female, but all of them weatherworn. Over all is a projecting frieze carved on front with the "Buddhist rail pattern".<ref name="Fergusson" />

[[File:Tulja Lena Chaitya remains.jpg|thumb|left|Remains of the circular Chaitya.|296x296px]]Next to these are two more plain fronts, and then two with Chaitya-window heads over where the doors have been, and smaller ones between, and the "rail ornament" and quadrantal carved roll supported by slender brackets in entire relief, as at the [[Bhaja Caves]].<ref name="Fergusson" />[[File:Tulja Lena Chaitya window decorations.jpg|thumb|Tulja Lena Chaitya window decorations.]][[File:Tulja Lena Chaitya cave plan and elevation.jpg|thumb|Tulja Lena [[Chaitya]], plan and elevation.]]
[[File:Tulja Caves Detailed carvings ( Pratik Butte Patil ).jpg|center|thumb|459x459px|Tulja Caves detailed carvings]]
[[File:Tulja Lena frieze.jpg|thumb|A frieze at Tulja Lena.]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://kevinstandagephotography.wordpress.com/2016/04/29/tulja-lena-caves/ Kevin Standage, An Indian Travel Photography Blog (Tulja Lena caves)]
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|SW=[[Shivneri Caves]]
| W = Tulja Caves
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