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    The Elephanta Caves are a collection of cave temples predominantly dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, which have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage...
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    Elephanta Island (also called Gharapuri (literally "the city of caves") or Pory Island) is one of a number of islands in Mumbai Harbour, east of Mumbai...
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  • Elephanta can mean: Elephanta (wind), a wind off the Malabar coast of India Elephanta Island, an island in Mumbai Harbour, India Elephanta Caves, cave...
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  • The Elephanta is a strong southerly or southeasterly wind which blows on the Malabar coast of India during the months of September and October and marks...
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    and numismatic evidence suggests that the earliest of the Ellora and Elephanta cave monuments were built during the Kalachuri rule. The origin of the...
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    Mumbai, India has centuries of history and many sites of tourist interest. Elephanta Caves Jogeshwari Caves Kanheri Caves Mahakali Caves Mandapeshwar Caves...
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    centuries after; it saw a new dominance of Hindu sculpture, as at the Elephanta Caves. Across the north, this became rather stiff and formulaic after...
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    located in Mumbai harbour, India, between the coast at Dockyard Road, and Elephanta Island, about 400 m from Ferry Wharf on the east coast of Mumbai. The...
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    at the historic Banganga Tank in Mumbai. The Elephanta Festival—celebrated every February on the Elephanta Islands—is dedicated to classical Indian dance...
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    Tourism Development Corporation moved the Elephanta Festival of Music and Dance from its original location at Elephanta Caves — where it had been celebrated...
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    " "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...
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    east of the main seven islands: Butcher Island Cross Island East Ground Elephanta Island, also Known as Gharapuri Middle Ground Oyster Rock Geography of...
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  • Their capital was Puri, which is variously identified as Gharapuri (Elephanta), Salsette, or Rajapuri (near Janjira). The dynasty is known only from...
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  • the Zoroastrian king Khosrau. Mid-6th century – Cave-Temple of Shiva at Elephanta Caves, Maharashtra, India, is built. Post-Gupta period. Mid-6th century...
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    period for Indian sculpture, covering the earlier Ellora Caves, though the Elephanta Caves are probably slightly later. Later large-scale sculpture remains...
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    An ancient sculpture of Shiva at the Elephanta Caves, Maharashtra. 6th century CE...
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    street children,[additional citation(s) needed] and the restoration of Elephanta Island, a World Heritage Site near Mumbai, with the Archaeological Survey...
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  • limited time by placing a heart inside Lauren McCrostie as Olive Abroholos Elephanta, a pyrokinetic red-haired teenager and Enoch's love interest. She has...
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    CE. Some well known sculptures are: Brahma, from Elephanta Caves Mahishasuramardini, from Elephanta Parel Relief of Shiva (plaster cast) from Parel Sculptures...
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    audition and meeting with Burton, McCrostie was cast as Olive Abroholos Elephanta in the film Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, alongside Eva...
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    Shaivism version of the Trimurti is the Trimurti Sadashiva sculpture in the Elephanta Caves on Gharapuri Island. Despite the fact that the Vishnu Purana describes...
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    example of the former, while The Elephanta Caves are representative of the latter style.[citation needed] The Elephanta Caves consist of two groups of caves—the...
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    Point,Colaba to Mahim, Sion, Wadala (Parts) in Mumbai City District and Elephanta (Raigad Distt.) BEST buses (MCGM Owned), MCGM, Government vehicles serving...
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    Collins, Charles Dillard (1988). The iconography and ritual of Śiva at Elephanta. SUNY Press. ISBN 0-88706-773-5. Chakravarti, Mahadev (1986). The concept...
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    Ajanta style is also found in the Ellora Caves and other sites such as the Elephanta Caves, Aurangabad Caves, Shivleni Caves and the cave temples of Karnataka...
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    Princess Dock. Its cost was approximated at a million sterlings. The Elephanta Islands can be seen three or four miles off this dock eastwards. Keane...
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    unadorned, in contrast to later caves on the site, and the highly embellished Elephanta Caves of Mumbai. Each cave has a stone plinth that functioned as a bed...
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    Their region contained very important sites such as the Ajanta Caves and Elephanta Caves, both mostly created in this period, and the Ellora Caves which...
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    home to six UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Ajanta Caves, Ellora Caves, Elephanta Caves, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus), The...
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    The bridge begins in Sewri, South Mumbai, crosses Thane Creek north of Elephanta Island, and terminates at Chirle near Nhava Sheva in Uran taluka, Navi...
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