Saturday, 25 February 2012

Mumbai - Elephanta Island

The temples here are from around AD 450 – 750, however the large stone elephant (hence the name) collapsed in 1814. Today people come for the 6m high statue of Sadhashiva – depicting a three-faced Shiva. Lucky that you don’t even have to walk up all the stairs besides the souvenir stalls, as there is a porter service who carry you on a chair fixed to two bamboo sticks. I am still not sure what is more dangerous, being carried up or feeding the feral angry monkeys on the side of the path...

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