Ajanta, Ellora caves reopen; on-line tickets, vaccination will have to for guests

By way of PTI

AURANGABAD: The arena well-known Ajanta and Ellora caves and more than a few different monuments reopened right here in Maharashtra on Wednesday after being close for approximately 3 weeks within the wake of a surge in COVID-19 instances, an professional mentioned.

On-line acquire of tickets and whole vaccination are necessary for guests, the Archaeological Survey of India’s (ASI) Aurangabad circle superintendent Dr Milan Kumar Chauley advised PTI. The monuments had been closed on January 8 because of the upward push in COVID-19 instances. The district management has now allowed the monuments to reopen.

Whilst there’s no restriction at the collection of guests as of now, bodily tickets is probably not to be had and handiest those that have taken each the doses of vaccine towards COVID-19 might be allowed to go into the vacationer websites, the ASI professional mentioned.

Aside from the Ajanta and Ellora caves, the opposite outstanding vacationer points of interest listed below are the Daulatabad (Devgiri) Citadel, Aurangabad caves and Bibi ka Maqbara.