Aurangabad
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Aurangabad is an important city in the state of Maharashtra, India. It sees a lot of international tourist traffic due to world heritage sites, Ajanta & Ellora caves.
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Get in
Aurangabad is well connected by Air, Rail and Road to other parts of country. There are direct flights from Mumbai operated by Indian Airlines, Jet Airways and Air Deccan. It is located on Manmad - Nanded section of South Central Railway. Important trains to the city are Tapovan express, Devgiri express from Mumbai, the Amritsar-Nanded Sachkhand Express, which connects Aurangabad to Delhi, and Manmad express from Hyderabad.
Get around
It has all forms of transport right from auto-rickshaws to chauffer-drive taxis. Auto-rickshaws generally run according to meter but its always better to ask first. They have a chart which tells the exact fare. The actual fare is 10 times what is shown in the meter.
See
- Ajanta & Ellora - These places are world heritage sites having cave paintings and sculptures dating back to BC era.
- Lonar - This is site of a meteor which crashed on earth some 50,000 years ago and formed a large crater (few hundred meters in diameter) in the ground.
- Paithan - Paithan is famous for its hand-woven sarees, a masonary dam over serene Godavari river and a huge garden on the lines of Brindavan garden in Mysore.
- Daulatabad is a fort over a hill and views from the top are breathtaking. Give ample time to climb up and coming down so that you could appreciate the views o/w fort is in ruins. You could also hire a guide who would take you around the important corners of the fort.
- Bibi ka Maqbara was built by Aurangzeb's son for his mother and is an imitation of Taj Mahal, worth a visit.
- Panchakki is a simple funda of pouring water over blades of a fan like arrangement which has a grinder(chakki) on top used to grind wheat in olden days. There are small tanks with water and lotsss of fish whom you could feed but not feed them to yourself :-) This too is worth a visit but won't take much time.
- Ghrishneshwar temple is seat of one of the jyotirlings of lord Shiva, few kms away from Ellora caves. No need to stess on its importance.
Do
Buy
- Clothes made out of Himroo silk.
- Paithani sarees.
- You could visit local bazaars Gol Mandi and Nirala Bazaar for some essentials.
Eat
There are a few decent restaurants in the city and your hotel mostly likely will have one.
Drink
Sleep
There are many hotels to suit all kinds of budget right from some of the least expensive hotels on the station road to the luxurious star hotels like Taj, Rama International, President Park, Ashoka Hotel. MTDC also has a tourist resort on the station road.
Get out
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