Bagh Caves are situated at a distance of 97 km from Dhar in Madhya Pradesh,India.These are renowned for mural paintings by master painters of ancient India. The Bagh Caves, like those at Ajanta, were excavated by master craftmen on perpendicular rock face of a hill on the far bank of a seasonal stream, the Baghani. Buddhist in inspiration, of the nine caves, only five have survived. All of them are 'viharas' or monasteries: a small chamber, usually at the back, forms the 'chaitya', the prayer hall. Dhar is a town in the Malwa region in western Madhya Pradesh state, central India. ... Madhya Pradesh (मध्य प्रदेश) is a state in central India. ... A mural is a painting on a wall, ceiling, or other large permanent surface. ... The Mona Lisa is perhaps the best-known artistic painting in the Western world. ... Ajanta (more properly Ajujnthi), a village in the erstwhile dominions of the Nizam of Hyderabad in India and now in Buldhana district in the state of Maharashtra(N. lat. ... Statues of Buddha such as this, the Tian Tan Buddha statue in Hong Kong, remind followers to practice right living. ... Vihara is a Sanskrit and Pali word designating a Buddhist monastery. ... Buddhist monastery near Tibet A monastery is the habitation of monks. ... A chaitya-griha (stupa hall) is a meeting or assembly often used for purposes similar to a stupa. ...