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Kanheri Caves

More than 100 Buddhist caves cut into the rock, deep inside a national park in the city limits.

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Open
Tuesday to Sunday
Price
Park and caves each ticketed
Time Needed
2–3 hours
Address
Kanheri Caves, Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Borivali East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400066Directions
Getting There
Borivali station, then an auto to the park gate and a bus or cab inside.

Why Go

Monks lived here from about the 1st century BCE. The caves are carved up a hillside in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, one of very few big forests within a city.

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