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Elephanta Caves in photographs.

5 views from our Mumbai field note. Open any photograph to see it at full size.

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Stone path leading to the pillared entrance of the main cave on Elephanta Island
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The three-headed Trimurti of Shiva carved into the rock of the main cave
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Rows of rock-cut pillars with cushion capitals inside the main cave hall
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Carved relief panels and the Trimurti along the south wall of Cave 1
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Wooded Elephanta Island seen across the harbour water at dusk
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Photo credits
  1. Rangan Datta Wiki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
  2. Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
  3. Rangan Datta Wiki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
  4. Sailko · CC BY 3.0 · Source
  5. Ekabhishek · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
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