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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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    is a popular tourist destination because of the island's cave temples, the Elephanta Caves, that have been carved out of rock. The island is easily accessible...
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    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. A congregation...
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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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    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. Nearest...
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    have commissioned the Shaivite monuments at the Elephanta Caves and the earliest of the Brahmanical caves at Ellora, where his coins have been discovered...
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    four rock-cut shrines in Mumbai: Elephanta Caves, Jogeshwari Caves, Mahakali Caves, Mandapeshwar Caves. All four caves have the same sculptures. The sculptures...
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    and many sites of tourist interest. Elephanta Caves Jogeshwari Caves Kanheri Caves Mahakali Caves Mandapeshwar Caves Bassein Fort Belapur Fort Bombay Castle...
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    Development Corporation moved the Elephanta Festival of Music and Dance from its original location at Elephanta Caves — where it had been celebrated for...
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    Karnataka, India Barabar Caves – Ancient rock-cut caves in India with Ashokan inscriptions Elephanta Caves – Collection of cave temples in Maharashtra,...
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  • Architecture and bears similarity with Elephanta Caves (Cave No. 1) and Dhumar Lena (Cave No. 29) at Ellora Caves. Second half of 6th century – Virgin and...
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    important sites such as the Ajanta Caves and Elephanta Caves, both mostly created in this period, and the Ellora Caves which were probably begun then. Also...
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    The Barabar Hill Caves (Hindi बराबर, Barābar) are the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India, dating from the Maurya Empire (322–185 BCE), some with...
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    Pune Durgadi Fort Temple, Kalyan Ekvira Mata Mandir, Lonavla Elephanta Caves, near Elephanta Island, Mumbai Kailash Temple at Ellora Ganapati Temple, Redi...
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    Kilometers away from Lonavala. Other caves in the area are Bhaja Caves, Patan Buddhist Cave, Bedse Caves and Nasik Caves. The shrines were developed over...
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    Pradesh Aihole has 3 Jaina temple Aurangabad Caves Badami Cave Temples Bagh Caves Elephanta Caves Ellora Caves has 12 Buddhist, 17 Hindu and 5 Jain temples...
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    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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    the city built during this period are the Jogeshwari Caves (between 520 and 525), Elephanta Caves (between the sixth to seventh century), Walkeshwar Temple...
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    important sites such as the Ajanta Caves and Elephanta Caves, both mostly created in this period, and the Ellora Caves which were probably begun then. Also...
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    Elephanta. These caves belong to the Hindu deity Jogeshwari. According to historian and scholar Walter Spink, Jogeshwari is the earliest major cave temple...
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    Kumbhoj city. Kailash Temple in Ellora Caves Elephanta Caves Ajanta Caves Temple corridor of the Pataleshwar cave temple, built during the Rashtrakuta Empire...
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    state is home to six UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Ajanta Caves, Ellora Caves, Elephanta Caves, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus)...
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    Bhaja Caves are a group of 22 rock-cut caves dating back to the 2nd century BC located off the Mumbai - Pune expressway near the city of Pune, India. The...
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    region. Other caves include the Billasurgam caves, Sanyasula caves, Yaganti caves, Yerrajari caves, and the Muchchatla Chintamanu caves (caves are called...
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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 c. 800 CE...
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    are found in numerous cave temples of India, such as at the Ellora Caves (Maharashtra), the Elephanta Caves, and the Badami Caves (Karnataka), by around...
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    dating and the architectural studies of some distant sites such as the Elephanta Caves. The site's history is traceable to the 2nd-century CE when it was...
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  • (Hyderabad), Bandra-Worli Sea Link (Mumbai), Rock Garden (Chandigarh), Elephanta Caves (Mumbai), Bekal Fort (Kerala), Red Fort (New Delhi) and Howrah Bridge...
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    railways, BEST & NMMT buses. It had a ferry service for traveling to Elephanta caves from Sector-11. CBD Belapur is a Central Business District of Mumbai...
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  • City". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 September 2023. "Elephanta Caves". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010. "Ellora Caves". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010. "Fatehpur Sikri"...
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