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mehulraj Says: Elephanta Island Elephanta Island or also known as Gharapuri Island or place of caves is only accessible by ferries which operates from Gate way of India, Mumbai. This Island is about 11 Kms from Gate way of India and ferry ride roughly takes one hour and operates daily....
mehulraj Says: Cave No.5--Elephanta Island This cave on south of Cave No.4.This cave is one of the worst damaged cave on Elephanta Island. At some places its written that its construction might have been abandoned in between. But might have been damaged to accumulating water or damaged by...
mehulraj Says: Cave No.3This cave is south to Cave No.2 and with eight columns visible at the entrance. These pillar are really in good condition apart from it sculptures of door-keepers of shrine are damaged to some extent. A little further to the south there is cave No 3. in even worse...
mehulraj Says: Cave No. 2 Cave No 2. is located to the south-east from the Great Cave. It is facing east, with a Shrine in its northern end.This cave got four pillars and is extensively damaged. All these damages happens during rainy season due to accumulation of water.Few traces of...
mehulraj Says: Main Cave Shiva LingamThis Shiva Lingam found in Main cave and it has got two openings or door. And these shrine guarded by keepers of this temple they are not real its their statues. We can see fresh flowers on Shiva Lingam and which means some people are doing Pooja at...
Wedding of Shiva--Elephanta Island
mehulraj Says: Wedding of Shiva--Elephanta Island After the death of Lord Shiva's first wife " Sati " she born again as " Parvati" and their marriage might have been grand function. As we can see in sculpture all other gods are attending their marriage and Parvati standing on the right...
Yogishvara Shiva--Elephanta Island
mehulraj Says: Yogishvara Shiva--Elephanta Island Lord shiva sitting in Yogic position called Yogisvara its like buddha. Shiva is seated in padmasana yogic posture. Its simple story where lord Shiva's first wife dies and Shiva moves to Mt. Kailash and later his first wife reborn as...
Shiva slaying Andhaka--Elephanta Island
mehulraj Says: Shiva slaying Andhaka--Elephanta Island Shiva slaying demon called " Andhaka " and andhaka means " Blind one " and its believed that he was son of lord Shiva but was born blind. And Shiva gave his son to another demon to raise him and ultimately he raised same as demon.And...
Gangadhara Shiva--Elephanta Island
mehulraj Says: Gangadhara Shiva--Elephanta Island There is a story behind this Sculpture too. Why Ganga (River Ganga) got entangled to Lord shiva's Hair ( Jata )..Its believed in Hindu religion that if ash's of a persons dead body put in to Ganga river then all his sins will be dissolved...
Ravana lifting Kailash Mountain
mehulraj Says: Ravana lifting Kailash Mountain There are two stories behind this sculpture.1)------>>>> Once Demon Ravana after defeating his own brother Kubera was overflying Mt.Kailash and Nandi ( Bull--Keeper of Lord Shiva ) asked Ravana to move away from Mt.Kailash and not...
Ardhanarishvara --Elephanta Island
mehulraj Says: Ardhanarishvara --Elephanta Island The sculpture's left is female and the right is male. Ardhanarishvara` is a combination of three words 'Ardha=Half ', 'Nari=Woman ' and 'Ishwara=God'Right side is of male with flat masculine chest and Left side is of female with earrings...
Main attraction Trimurti Sculpture..
mehulraj Says: Main attraction Trimurti Sculpture.. This sculpture is the main attraction of Elephanta Island and this for of Lord Shiva is shown everywhere to represent Elephanta Island. This sculpture is called " Trimuti ". And " Tri " means three ( 3 ) and "Murti" means sculpture its...
Not particular, all are same: Local food
mehulraj Says: There are lot of restaurants at foothill and some on top. There is no particular restaurant I want to talk about, they are all same in looks and probably same in quality of food too. I dont remember restaurant's name were we had our lunch, nothing special about it food was...
A food joint downhill: A food joint downhill
anand_indian Says: Suggestion Folks> Try grabbing the food on your return. This makes the food even better after a long tiresome walk.> While coming down you can see few food joints on the left hand side which are protected by nets (to avoid monkeys) and can be a few options to fill...
MalenaN Says: Boats to Elephanta Island leave from Gateway of India. They leave every half an hour during the day, except Mondays when the caves on Elephanta Island are closed. I bought my ticket just by the boat and a return ticket was Rs 120 (June 2010). Be aware of hawkers trying to...
How to get to Elephanta Island and Back
MM212 Says: Elephanta Island is a popular day trip from Bombay for tourists and locals alike. Boats leave about every 15 minutes from Apollo Bunder, the dock by the Gateway of India and take an hour to get to the island. Some boats are a touch sturdier and faster than the others, and...
mehulraj Says: From the foothill to top we can find small shops on both side of the path. Which leaves very less space for walking. From the foothill to top we can find small shops on both side of the path. Which leaves very less space for walking. And the sell lot of things hand made...
Shopping on Elephanta Island: Local Indian artefacts
MM212 Says: A visit to Elephanta Island affords the visitor a good opportunity to shop for souvenirs and Indian artefacts. The long (uphill) walk from the shore to the caves is lined with sellers of various artefacts from all over India. The selection is excellent and the items are of a...
Helpfulness
Three local villages exist on Elephanta Island, which has a total of 1600 permanent population. One of those villages is located by the pier where the ferries from Bombay arrive. This colourful village (seen in the attached photographs) seems to depend somewhat on tourism, as it has a few shops and restaurants that cater to tourists. Otherwise, the local population lives on fishing and agriculture.
Written Mar 6, 2009
MM212 Says: A few things I recommend bringing with you to Elephanta: 1- A good book to read on the hour-long ferry ride.2- A hat if you're sensitive to the sun.3- A bottle of water (although drink-sellers are abundant on the island).4- A snack or a packed lunch (again, a few...
The Elephanta Caves Really Rock!!!
The Elephanta Caves are a UNESCO World Heritage Site and are one of the two sites in Mumbai city, the second one being the erstwhile VT or Victoria Terminus Building now rechristened the Chattrapati...
A little more than half a day trip to Elephanta Island away from noise and pollution of Mumbai city is worth spending. Elephanta Island!!!!!!!!!! A strange name and it brings thoughts of visiting...
Designated as a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO, Elephanta Island is home to cave temples dating from 450 AD to 750 AD. These caves were first carved by Buddhists, but as Buddhism declined in the......
Elephanta Island is found around 10 kilometres off the eastern shore of Mumbai (Bombay) in the Arabian Sea and it will take you around an hour to reach it by ferry. The Island was originally named...
Elephanta Island - Don't miss whilst in Mumbai!
Elephanta Island is located about 10km north-east of the Gateway of India and is reached by taking a ferry from the Gateway. The island is home to some marvellous cave temples which are thought to...
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