About 940 km in a straight line from Chennai to Grishneshwar in Sambhajinagar (Verul). That figure is a straight-line estimate, not a driving distance. This page pairs it with the way people actually make the trip: the train through Aurangabad (AWB), a flight into Aurangabad (IXU), or the road.
The number is about 940 km, measured on the globe between Chennai and the temple town, then rounded to the nearest ten kilometres. It is a straight-line estimate.Treat it as a way to compare trips, not as a route: the road, the rail line and the air path all bend, and each one runs longer than this figure.
This is the same kind of number as the span on the map page. It tells you whether Chennaito Grishneshwar is a long day or a multi-day journey, and it is honest about being a calculation rather than a measured route.
Real road distances for this pair are not typed in yet.Data check pending
The railhead this site treats as the nearest is Aurangabad (AWB), and its road distance from the temple town is still unchecked, so no figure is printed here. Over a long distance the train is usually the calmest option: an overnight run from most big cities, then the last leg by bus, jeep, auto or cab.
The nearest airport is Aurangabad (IXU), about 40 km away. Fly if the trip is short or the distance is long, then take a cab or a train for the rest. At a small airport the last departure of the day can be early, so plan the arrival side carefully.
Near the Ellora caves. On a road trip the last stretch into the temple town is usually the slowest, and the hill and forest approaches can close in heavy monsoon rain or winter snow. Check the local road status the week you travel.
Rail. Maharashtra Tourism names Aurangabad as the nearest railhead but gives no distance, so no kilometre figure is printed for it here.
Air. The state page puts Aurangabad airport about 40 km away from Verul, where the temple stands.
Train numbers, days of running and flight schedules are not printed here: they change with each timetable. This block records the approach the source describes, and the straight-line figure above is the only distance on this page.
The straight-line estimate uses these approximate coordinates, which are the city centre to one decimal place. They are not survey points, and they are only for this calculation.
| City | Latitude | Longitude | This page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delhi | 28.6 | 77.2 | Delhi page |
| Mumbai | 19.1 | 72.9 | Mumbai page |
| Ahmedabad | 23.0 | 72.6 | Ahmedabad page |
| Kolkata | 22.6 | 88.4 | Kolkata page |
| Chennai | 13.1 | 80.3 | The estimate above |
| Bengaluru | 13.0 | 77.6 | Bengaluru page |
| Hyderabad | 17.4 | 78.5 | Hyderabad page |
| Lucknow | 26.8 | 81.0 | Lucknow page |
| Patna | 25.6 | 85.1 | Patna page |
| Pune | 18.5 | 73.9 | Pune page |
| Nagpur | 21.1 | 79.1 | Nagpur page |
| Jaipur | 26.9 | 75.8 | Jaipur page |
The temple end uses the coordinates in the site's temple data, which are still placeholder.Data check pending
Oct to Mar is the comfortable window, and Open all year. Ellora caves are about 1 km away. Decide the mode first, then the day: a train needs booking weeks ahead in festival season, a flight is flexible but the last leg is not, and the road is the one that the weather can change.