Patur

Patur is a city and a municipal council in Akola district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It belongs to Vidarbha region. It belongs to Amravati Division. It is located 33 KM towards South from District head quarters Akola. Patur is a very ancient place as is evident from the rock-hewn Buddhist monastery in the hill side east of the town. It is said that these Buddhist and Jain monasteries came to be established during the reign of Ila the Jain king who ruled the area around 1058.

The town is of considerable archaeological interest because of some ancient caves cut in the hill side. They are all on the west bank of the river. The caves are chambers carved out o! the rock of the hill side on the model of the less developed Hamdpanti temples. It is said that they were neglected for a long time but were cleared in about 1881. they have generally been ascribed to Buddhism, but one certainly contains an emblem of Mahadeva carved out of the solid rock There is one inscriptio