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Ajanta & Ellora among 12 iconic Indian tourist sites
The site (Ajanta and Ellora) was selected because it is truly iconic. The idea was to pick the top 12 destinations from the country and do whatever it takes to make them world class.
The tourism ministry has identified Ajanta and Ellora caves among 12 sites for development under the Iconic Tourist Sites Project.
This comes in the wake of the finance minister’s proposal in this year’s Union Budget to convert 10 prominent tourist destinations into iconic and model destinations. The ancient caves in Aurangabad now figure among the biggest iconic tourist sites in India and are right after Taj Mahal in the list.