Ajanta Cave 7 differs from other monasteries in respect of their plans and designs. The facade is relieved with chaitya-windows filled in with a half-lotus or an animal-head. The verandah-pillars have octagonal shafts and bracket capitals. At each end of the verandah, at higher level, is a pillared porch, which opens into three cells. Outside the verandah is also an each extremity. The shrine has a seated image of Lord Buddha with an elliptical halo carved on the back wall.
The door-jambs and lintel are similarly decorated with figures of Buddha, the top corners only having female figures on makaras; the modelling and pose of the female figures, particularly the left one, are captivating. Both the left and right walls of the antechamber are carved with the Miracle of Sravasti. The back walls of the antechamber also have a number of figures of Buddha; the topmost one on the right side, seated on the coil of a seven-hooded Naga, most probably represents the incidents of the Naga king Muchilinda"s providing a shed over Buddha by his hood. The cave was once painted all over, but nothing substantial has survived. Some of the cells and the left porch are left unfinished.
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