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UPSC 2023: Consider the following pairs: Site — Well known for 1. Besnagar : Shaivite cave shrine 2. Bhaja : Buddhist cave shrine 3. Sittanavasal : Jain cave shrine How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
(a)Only one
(b)Only two
(c)All three
(d)None
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (b) Only two
Bhaja is an early Buddhist rock-cut cave complex in Maharashtra, and Sittanavasal cave in Tamil Nadu is a Jain shrine with mural paintings; both pairs are correctly matched. Besnagar (Vidisha) is famous for the Heliodorus pillar and has no Shaivite cave shrine, so Pair 1 is mismatched. Hence exactly two pairs are correct. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhaja_Caves?utm_source=openai))
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