Cave-2

This vihara dating from the early 6th century has a layout similar to that of cave 1, but its proportions are smaller. The length of the verandah is 46 ft 3 in. and the sides of the roughly square main hall measures 48 ft 4 in. x 47 ft 7 in. In the hall there are twelve massive pillars that are collaborately carved. The shrine at the rear of the cave has an imposing statue of the Buddha in dharmachakra mudra. There is a subsidiary chapel situated on each side of the antechamber, and there are ten cells symmetrically disposed along the left and right walls of hall.

• Celestial beings (kinnars) descending to worship a Boddhisattva in the verandah on back wall to the left of entrance;
  Heavenly and human worshippers bringing offerings to Buddha in the verandah on back wall to the right of entrance;
  God Indra and four yakshas in the verandah on back wall, further to the right of entrance;
  Hamsa jataka on front wall, on the left.
  
• The birth of Buddha on left wall;
  Devotees bringing offerings on the left and right walls of the chapel on the left.
• Buddha depicted in numerous different attitudes on the rear wall between the chapel on the left and the antechamber.
• Bodhisattva Maitreya and Buddha in various attitudes in the shrine chamber to the left of entrance.
  Bodhisattva on rear wall between the antechamber and the chapel on right;
  Devotees bringing offerings on the left and right walls of the chapel on the right;
  Vidhurapandita jataka on right wall;
  Purna Avadana on right wall;
  Unidentified palace scenes on right wall in the front aisle;
  Various mythical beings depicted on the pedestals of the pillars enclosing the hall.
  The painted decorations on the ceilings of the hall and the verandah include lotuses, geese, graceful flying celestial beings, fierce mythical creatures and floral and geometric designs.