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
I am recuperating from the flu, and while I slowly get back to writing long, detailed posts, I shall be posting images from my latest trips.... considering the dearth of birds on my blog lately, here is one I see quite often, but havent managed many photos of... the Indian Robin
I clicked this one at Jaipur, where I had a lot of time to simply sit and look at birds... and photograph them, of course!!
Looks majestic. Nice photograph.
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Thanks Raj Niranjan Das!!
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Thanks Nisha! been sick almost the whole week.... just getting better. and we spoke for too short a time.... there were more interesting things to talk about :D
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Very beautiful picture Anu, I too love watching birds but am not this good in capturing them! Take good care, and get to blogging in full force soon! :)
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ReplyDeleteBrilliant shot anu!!!! Thanks for sharing.
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