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Elephanta caves gateway india. This place is on an island it can be only visited by boats operated from gateway of india. The gateway of india memorial at the pier was envisaged to receive king george v and queen mary of britain during the colonial era. The gateway overlooks the arabian sea.
You could probably plan a visit to elephanta caves. You could probably plan a visit to elephanta caves. The elephanta caves is connected by ferry services from the gateway of india mumbai between 9am and 2pm daily except monday when the caves are closed.
Less than an hours boat ride from the gateway of india in colaba lies the elephanta island colloquially known as gharapuri or the fortress city. Mumbai has a major domestic and international airport as well as is connected to the indian railways. The gateway structure stands in the edge of a pier called wellington pier also popularly known as apollo bunder.
Locally known as gharapuri the elephanta caves are located 10 kilometres east of gateway of india. A good place to kill a day. The cave consists of five hindu caves and dew buddhists stupa which date back to the 2nd century.
Their visit en route to delhi durbar the power center of the raj era happened in 1911 however the this memorial arch could be completed only in 1924 over a decade after this visit. This place is on an island it can be only visited by boats operated from gateway of india. The caves are located at the top of the hillock shaped island.
The caves are known for its cave temples that have sculptures of hindu gods. The elephanta caves a unesco world heritage site is one of mumbais oldest historic sites. There are 5 hindu caves and 2 buddhist caves.
The scenic island stretches across 10 to 15 sq km of land and has a dense foliage of mango tamarind and palm trees. It means in a visit to elephanta caves you can cover gateway of india the taj. It means in a visit to elephanta caves you can cover gateway of india the taj.
It is another must visit monument of india. The caves are located off.
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