Home | News | Hindi | Kabir | Poetry | Workshop | BoloKids | Writers | Contribute | Search | Contact | Share This Page!          Shop Online

Digital View
Elephanta Caves – 1

Photograph courtesy:  Ivan Ciment, GlobalThoughts.com April 2005

Top

Statue of Liberty | Next 

 

The Many Forms of Shiva

On an island thirty minutes boat ride away from Mumbai harbor, the rock-cut caves of Elephanta could date back to 600 AD, and are one of the principal tourist attractions of the city. The island is today full of tourists, and the associated small-business people, and the fifteen minute trek to the top of hill is not silent any more, but we can imagine that at one time, centuries ago, the Shiva cult that inspired this temple complex demanded silence and solemnity – a place of worship in the middle of the vast ocean.

Continued


  

Recommend This Page!

Analysis | Architecture | Astrology | Ayurveda | Bolography | Book Reviews | Buddhism | Cartoons | Cinema | Computing | Culture | Dances
Environment | Fables | Family Matters | Festivals | Hinduism | Health | History | Home Remedies | Humor | Individuality | Jagoji
Literary Shelf | Memoirs | Musings | Opinion | Parenting | Perspective | Photo Essays | Places | Ramblings
Random Thoughts | Recipes | Sikhism | Society | Spirituality | Stories | Teens | Travelogues | Vastu | Vithika | Women

Home | HindiNest | Kabir | Poetry | Quotes | Workshop | Writers | Contribute | Search | Contact


Boloji.com is owned and managed by Boloji Media Inc
Privacy Policy | Disclaimer
No part of this Internet site may be reproduced without prior written permission of the copyright holder.