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The Elephanta Caves

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
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A new trip... With a new phone!

I am relaxing in an easy chair, watching the rains lash and the waves crash against the shore. Yes, I am on another trip, this time to South India,  and as I type this, at Tarangambadi or Tranquebar. I am staying at the Neemrana property, Bungalow on the beach, and have with me for company,  Samhith of course, and the newest member of my gadget family - a Sony Xperia Z3!
The phone is with me for trial, and is proving surprisingly useful! The heavy rains have forced me to keep my camera inside and rely on the Xperia and in the process test its waterproof quality ;-)

We have been having fun trying out the phone and the many features of its camera, such as the sound pics and the panorama.

This was meant to be a long post, with my complete first impressions of the phone, but samhith has taken over my tab and I am using the phone to type this out, so this is the best I can do for my first attempt. I shall, therefore post a few of the photos clicked with the phone, and leave you to draw your own conclusions,  for now!

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The entrance to the Bungalow on the Beach... Strewn with flowers...

The Danish fort at Tarangambadi


That's the view from my room!!

That's where I am staying... Bungalow on the beach!
Location: Tharangambadi, Tharangambadi

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  1. R Niranjan DasOctober 18, 2014 at 5:53 PM

    This is one place I so badly want to visit.

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    1. Anuradha ShankarNovember 2, 2014 at 2:25 PM

      Its a beautiful place, Niranjan! You should certainly go!

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  2. Shrinidhi HandeOctober 19, 2014 at 11:02 AM

    Have nice trip. Neemrana Bungalow on the beach is a nice place but a bit expensive for indians... Are they serving Indian food now? Last year when we went, they only had danish food items which we didn't recognize...

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    1. Anuradha ShankarNovember 2, 2014 at 2:26 PM

      Thank you Shrinidhi! It is certainly on the expensive side, but yes, they are serving Indian food now, and good stuff too... all we had was tasty and well prepared.

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  3. TusharOctober 20, 2014 at 8:56 AM

    The same phone Mridula Dwivedi is having. You all recieved it from Sony as a gift? :)

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    1. Anuradha ShankarNovember 2, 2014 at 2:27 PM

      yes, Tushar. It is the same one, and we have for trial so we can write a review.

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