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"Surroundings of Junnar are very rich with ancient cave temples. In total there are more than 200 individual rock-cut caves located in four hills around Junnar. The largest and best known group is 30 - 40 Lenyadri Caves to the north from Junnar. Other groups of ancient temples are Tuljalena, Manmodi and Sivaneri."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junnar#Cave_temples
Lenyadri Caves Lat 19.242778, Long 73.885556 - http://toolserver.org/
"The caves date from between the 1st and 3rd century AD" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenyadri
"Junnar group of caves are further classified into various sub-groups depending upon the location of these excavations. They are:
[…]
(d) Lenyadri or Ganesh lena group.
The Lenyadri or Ganesh lena group is the main group and located 4 km north of Junnar across the river Kukdi. The hill is variously known as Sulaiman Pahar and Ganesh Pahar, the latter due to the location of a Ganesha shrine, the latter due to the location of a Ganesha shrine in one of the caves, which is a later addition. The sthalapurana calls it as Lenyadri and an ancient inscription gives the name of this hill as Kapichita (Kapichitta). There are nearly 40 caves in this group of which the main group of 30 caves are located in a line and stretch from east to west, all facing south and overlooking the valley of Kukdi river." ASI (2009)
http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_tktd_maha_junnarcaves.asp
Input by: tmciolek Jun 15, 2010
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 13 Sep 2013
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 200 m from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Lenyadri monastery, IN.
Lat 19.242778 Long 73.885556
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Lenyadri monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- India:State of Maharashtra
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Ganesh lena group of caves - ASI (2009)
- Kapichita (Kapichitta) caves - ASI (2009)
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 19.242778 Long 73.885556 - http://toolserver.org/
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- Other monasteries within Junnar monastic cluster:
- Manmodi monastery
- Sivaneri monastery
- Tuljalena monastery
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx., Lat 19.2000 Long 73.8833 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/16/Junnar.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Theravada
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
- 1st century AD - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenyadri
MBM chrono-tag <=0200 - tmciolek 13 Sep 2013
<=0200 0200-32p 0233-66p 0267-99p dated-ex
12. Date-intermediate
- 3rd century AD - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenyadri
MBM chrono-tag 0200-32p 0233-66p 0267-99p - tmciolek 13 Sep 2013
13. Date-late
- [missing data]
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
- [missing data]
15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- archaeology, architecture
16. Additional notes
- Nearly 40 caves in this group of which the main group of 30 caves are located in a line and stretch from east to west, all facing south and overlooking the valley of Kukdi river - ASI (2009)
17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
- [missing data]
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