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Gandharpale Caves
Gandharpale Caves
Coordinates	18°05′12″N 73°24′15″E / 18.086802°N 73.404100°E / 18.086802; 73.404100
Governing body	Archeological Survey of India

Location of Gandharpale Caves in India

Buddha's Holy Sites
Pilgrimage to

The Four Main Sites
Bodh Gaya Kushinagar Lumbini Sarnath
Four Additional Sites
Rajgir Sankissa Shravasti Vaishali
Other Sites
Amaravati Chandavaram Devdaha Gaya Kapilavastu Kesaria Kosambi Nalanda Pataliputra Pava Varanasi
Later Sites
Ajanta Caves Barabar Caves Bharhut Ellora Caves Lalitgiri Mathura Nasik Caves Piprahwa Pushpagiri Ratnagiri Sanchi Udayagiri Vikramashila
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Gandharpale Caves, also called Mahad caves or Pandava Leni, is group of 30 Buddhist caves, 105 km south of Mumbai on Mumbai-Goa Highway near Mahad.^[1] The caves are located near the NH-17 and well connected by road.

Important cave include:^[1]

Cave 1: has Verandah in front 53 feet long and 8 feet wide. Shrine has sculpture images of Buddha, with wheel and deer beneath
Cave 8: it has high dogoba
Cave 15: has dogoba
Cave 21: seated Buddha with attendants

The inscription describes donations by bankers, and the gift of a farm to the Sangha.^[1]

General view
The Caves
Cave entrance
Interior
Dedicatory inscription

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Ahir, D. C. (2003). Buddhist sites and shrines in India : history, art, and architecture (1. ed.). Delhi: Sri Satguru Publ. p. 198. ISBN 8170307740.

v t e Buddhist sites in Maharashtra
Sites	Ajanta Caves Bodhisattva Padmapani in a Ajanta Cave painting seen in the picture Ambivali Caves Aurangabad Caves Bedse Caves Bhaja Caves Chaitya Bhoomi Deekshabhoomi Dharashiv Caves Dragon Palace Temple, Kamptee Elephanta Caves Ellora Caves Gandharpale Caves Ghorawadi Caves Kanheri Caves Karad Caves Karla Caves Khed Caves Kondana Caves Kuda Caves Mahakali Caves Nasik Caves Nenavali Caves Panhalakaji Caves Pitalkhora Pohale Caves Shirwal Caves Shivneri Caves Thanale Caves Tulja Caves Wai Caves Yerphal Caves
See also	Religion in Maharashtra Marathi Buddhists Hindu temples in Maharashtra
Monasteries in other states	Arunachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Ladakh Sikkim West Bengal
Sites, pilgrimage centres, caves in other states	Andhra Pradeesh Bihar Gujarat Haryana Karnataka Madhya Pradesh Odisha Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh

v t e Indian Buddhist caves
Andhra Pradesh	Adapur Caves Belum Caves Chandavaram Erravaram Caves Guntupalli Caves Kotturu Dhanadibbalu Pandavula Metta Caves Ramateertham Sankaram Undavalli Caves
Bihar	Indrasala Cave Vulture Peak Saptaparni Cave Lomas Rishi Cave
Gujarat	Dhank Caves Junagadh Buddhist Cave Groups Khapra Kodiya Caves Bava Pyara Caves Uparkot Caves Kadia Dungar Caves Khambhalida Caves Sana Caves Siyot Caves Talaja Caves
Karnataka	Aihole Badami cave temples Pandava Caves
Madhya Pradesh	Bagh Caves Dhamnar Caves Saru Maru
Maharashtra	Ajanta Caves Ambivali Caves Aurangabad Caves Bahrot Caves Bedse Caves Bhaja Caves Dharashiv Caves Ellora Caves Mahad/Gandharpale Caves Ghatotkacha Caves Ghorawadi/Shelarwadi Caves Karla Caves Karad Caves Khed Caves Kondana Caves Kuda Caves Nenavali Caves Nasik/Pandavleni Caves Panhalakaji Caves Patan caves Pitalkhora Pohale Caves Shirwal Caves Nadsur/Thanale Caves Wai Caves Yerphal Caves In the Mumbai area: Elephanta Caves Jogeshwari Caves Kondivite/Mahakali Caves Mandapeshwar Caves Kanheri Caves In the Junnar area: Lenyadri Manmodi Caves Shivneri Caves Tulja Caves
Rajasthan	Binnayaga Buddhist Caves Hathiagor Buddhist Caves Kolvi Caves

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