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'''Binnayaga Buddhist Caves''' also known as Vinayaka or Vinayaga are located at village Binnayaga in the state of [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]. The excavation has around 20 [[laterite]] caves facing south from east to west. This is monastic complex, the cells are smaller than [[Kolvi Caves]] cell. The [[stupa]] shaped sanctuary is the highlight of these caves. It has [[chaitya]] which bears windows. Another significant cave has two wings of an open courtyard. "It has at the back a closed lobby with vaulted ceiling and a central door flanked by a cell on either side. The moulded pedestal against the back wall is now empty."<ref name="AND PILLARS">{{cite web |author=Jaipur Circle, ASI |title=BUDDHIST CAVES AND PILLARS |url=http://asijaipurcircle.nic.in/Binayaga%20-%20Buddhist%20Caves%20&Pillars.html |publisher=Archaeological Survey of India |accessdate=30 November 2013}}</ref><br />
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These caves are located 8 miles away from Kolvi.<ref name="Some Buddhist">{{cite web |author=((ERNET India at IUCAA Data Center Pune in co-operation with CMU, IIIT-H, NSF, IISC Banglore and MCIT for the Govt. of India and 21 participating centers)) |title=Some Buddhist Antiquities and Monuments of Rajasthan |url=http://www.dli.gov.in/data_copy/upload/0055/717/HTM/00000100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203115918/http://www.dli.gov.in/data_copy/upload/0055/717/HTM/00000100.htm |url-status=dead|archive-date=3 December 2013 |publisher=Digital Library of India |accessdate=30 November 2013}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://museumsrajasthan.gov.in/mounment_11.htm PROTECTED MONUMENTS BY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA IN RAJASTHAN]<br />
* [http://asijaipurcircle.nic.in/Caves%20of%20Niranjani%20etc.html#pub Caves of Niranjani]<br />
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