The Elephanta Caves , located on Elephanta Island, or Gharapuri, about 11 Km off the coast of the Gateway of India, Mumbai, are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A visit to these caves, excavated probably in the 6 th century CE, is awe-inspiring, and also thought-provoking. Over the years, I have visited the caves a number of times, and also attended a number of talks by experts in the fields of art, history and archaeology on the caves. Together, they help me understand these caves, their art, and the people they were created for, just a little bit better. Every new visit, every new talk, every new article I read about the caves, fleshes out the image of what the island and the caves would have been like, at their peak. I last wrote about the caves on this blog, in 2011, almost exactly 11 years ago. Since then, my understanding of the caves has, I would like to think, marginally improved. Hence this attempt to write a new and updated post, trying to bring to life, the caves of Elephan

A view of Tirupati city from the road down the hills. It no longer looks like a small town but a city, doesn't it?
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Fantastic view of the city sky line and horizon from there, thanks for sharing with Sky Watch Friday.
ReplyDeleteLovely panorama, what a click Anu!
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ReplyDeleteits lovely and eager to have a trip to Thirupathi
Beautiful Anu, I am sure you got many like this.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shot. I am sure you are having a good collection.
ReplyDeleteAnu,I am having problems in posting comments here. It takes lot of time to load. Yesterday I spent about 15 mts to post a comment. This doesn't happen with other blogs. Any idea?
oh....great view...we can see the streets...congrats
ReplyDeleteIt's a view from the what they call the Tirumala Hills, right? Lovely.
ReplyDelete@Pearl: thanks a lot!
ReplyDelete@Mridula: thanks... it took a lot of attempts, though!
@Aswathi Babu: thanks... hope you are able to visit soon.
@Chitra: thanks... actually only this one came out well :) and i dont know why the comment trouble keeps on popping... it happens suddenly to a couple of people and then gets sorted out... and the last couple of times, your comments have turned up thrice! if theres a problem next time, simply send me a mail.. might be easier!
@Grace: thanks a lot!
@Celine: right...its the view from the hill, though its on the way down.. there are different routes for going up and down.
looks great!
ReplyDeleteTerrific view!
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