* Mid-6th century – Cave-Temple of Shiva at Elephanta Caves, Maharashtra, India, is built.

* Mid-6th century – Eternal Shiva, rock-cut relief in the Cave-Temple of Shiva at Elephanta Caves, is made

On the grounds to the east of the museum is the giant statue of an elephant, taken from the Elephanta Caves on Gharapuri to Britain in 1864, and later returned to these gardens.

Elephanta Island, or Gharapuri, is about east of the Apollo Bunder ( Bunder in Marathi means a " pier for embarkation and disembarkation of passengers and goods ") on the Mumbai Harbor and south of Pir Pal in Trombay.

The Trimurti of Elephanta showing the three faces of Shiva is akin to the Trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh ( Shiva ), which was the royal insignia of the Rashtrakutas.

The elephant sculpture from Elephanta is currently installed at the Jijamata Udyaan

The second and third jetties are the starting point for tours of Elephanta Caves, which is a 50-minute boat ride away by ferry.

It is said they are older than the Elephanta Caves.

This sculpture is from the Elephanta Caves near Mumbai.

The historical island of Elephanta is one of the six islands that lie in the harbor.

The Gateway of India with its jetty for Elephanta is the most important tourist destination, followed by the INS Vikrant maritime Museum.

Elephanta Island, also known as Gharapuri Island, is the best known of the islands in Mumbai Harbor.

Elephanta Island ( also called Gharapuri Island or place of caves ) is one of a number of islands in Mumbai Harbour, east of Mumbai, India.

This island is a popular tourist destination for because of the island's cave temples, the Elephanta Caves, that have been carved out of rock.

Cross Island is an uninhabited island located in Mumbai harbour, India, between the coast at Dockyard Road, and Elephanta Island.

The Elephanta Caves can be reached by a ferry from the Gateway of India, Mumbai, which has the nearest airport and train station.

In an era where polytheism was prevalent, the Elephanta main cave dedicates the monotheism of the Pashupata Shaivism sect, a sect to which Kalacuris as well as Konkan Mauryas belonged.

By then, Elephanta was called Gharapuri, which denotes a hill settlement.

The basic legislations enacted are: The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act of 1958 and Rules ( 1959 ); The Elephanta Island ( Protected Monument ) Rules of 1957, which prohibits mining, quarrying, blasting, excavation and other operations nearby the monument ; the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act promulgated in 1972 with its Rules promulgated in 1973 ; a Notification issued in 1985 declaring the entire island and a area from the shore as " a prohibited area "; a series of Maharashtra State Government environmental acts protecting the site ; the 1966 Regional and Town Planning Act ; and the 1995 Heritage Regulations for Greater Bombay.

However, going back to the 6th to the 8th centuries, the region to which Kaliana belonged, was ruled by the Chalukyan kings of the Deccan who established their capital to the east of Bombay on the island of Mangalpuri or Ghariapuri ( Elephanta Island ).

The Elephanta Caves (, Gharapurichya Lenee ) are a network of sculpted caves located on Elephanta Island, or Gharapuri ( literally " the city of caves ") in Mumbai Harbour, to the east of the city of Mumbai in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

The Portuguese called the island Elephanta on seeing its huge gigantic statue of an Elephant at the entrance.

The Portuguese named the island " Elephanta Island " in honour of a huge rock-cut black stone statue of an elephant that was then installed on a mound, a short distance east of Gharapuri village.

The threats to Elephanta Caves have been identified as the following: developmental pressures ( mainly due to its location within the Mumbai harbour ), anthropogenic pressure due to growth of population of the communities residing on the island, industrial growth of the port facilities close to the island, no risk preparedness plan to address natural calamities such as earthquake, cyclones and terrorist attacks, unsustainable tourism and tourist facilities on the island, and poor management of the heritage monument.

The Elephanta Caves located on the island are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

On one evening a dinner was arranged for the Prince in the Caves of Elephanta, on an island near Bombay.

" A Hindu temple-sculpture from the sacred caverns of the island of Elephanta, near Mumbai in India, showing this position with the man actually standing, and holding the woman hanging down in this from his shoulders, was … brought to England in the late eighteenth century ….

In 1890 he travelled to Ceylon and India to spend time with the Hindu teacher called Gnani, who he describes his work Adam's Peak to Elephanta.

* India: Sanchi, base of the Lion Capital of Asoka, the rock-cut Elephanta Caves and Ellora Caves, Khajuraho temples, Mahabalipuram with the Descent of the Ganges, and many South Indian temples, Unakoti group of sculptures ( bas relief ) at Kailashahar, Unakoti District, Tripura, India

Rock temples are often found in Egypt and western India, such as those at Ellora and Elephanta.

* Elephanta Caves island was summer resort of Rashtrakuta kings.

Siva in the cave temples at Elephanta and Ellora.

Elephanta was then called Puri or Purika, and served as the capital of the Konkan Mauryas.

Caves of Elephanta, c. 1905.

The Elephanta Shiva cave resembles in some aspects the 8th century Rashtrakuta rock-temple Kailash at Ellora.

Later, Elephanta was ruled by another Chalukyan dynasty, and then by Gujarat Sultanate, who surrendered it to the Portuguese in 1534.

Elephanta Island-map of archaeological monuments.

Ardhanarishvara ( center ) at Elephanta caves.

Preservation of Elephanta Island as a whole with its monuments has been ensured both through legislation and by physical restoration of the caves and its sculptures.

A typical boat that runs between Apollo Bunder and Elephanta Island.

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