The Kondana Caves are located in the small village of Kondana, 23 km from Sohana Eco Retreat, 35 km from Lonavala and 16 km northwest of Karla Caves. This cave group has 16 Buddhist caves. The caves were excavated in first centuryB.C. The construction on wooden arrangement is citable. One can reach the cave by disembarking from Rajmachi village.

The cave only one inscription on the front of the Chaitya, which gives information about donors.


around 23 km from Sohana Eco Retreat, and at the base of the old hill fort of Rajmachi, is the Kondane group of caves, first brought to notice in the 19th century by Vishnu Sastri, and soon after came by byMr. Law, then collector of Thana.

They’re in the face of a steep scarp, and fairly covert from view by the thick forestland in front of them. Water trickles down over the face of the rock above them during a considerable part even of the dry season, and has astronomically injured them. So much so indeed that it’s now difficult to decide whether they or the caves at Bhaja Caves are the earliest. They must be nearly, if not fairly contemporary, and as they must have taken some time to dig, their dates may overlap to some extent. The Vihara at Kondane certainly looks more modern, while the Chaitya, which is very similar in plan and dimensions to that at Bhaja, is so much ruined that it’s impossible now to decide which may have been first completed.