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ELEPHANTA
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Section 10, on the coast-- it's in the Bombay
area |
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Elephanta in the eye of the artist and engraver |
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Early photographs of Elephanta |
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During a royal tour of India, the Prince
of Wales actually dined inside the main cave of Elephanta |
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Some images by modern photographers |
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Early drawings of the centerpiece of Elephanta,
the great "trimurti" |
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And some early photos of the "trimurti" |
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The "trimurti" shows three heads of Shiva--
the left one wrathful (with snake), the right one benevolent (with flower),
and the central one a masterpiece of serenity |
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This trimurti image has by now given rise
to some remarkable modern variations |
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Shiva's "arddhanarishvara" (half-woman)
form also famously appears here |
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And Shiva's "nataraja" (lord of the dance)
form can be seen, early in its development |
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Try a search for "elephanta"... |
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