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ELEPHANTA
(500's) |
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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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In 1875, a formal banquet for
the
Prince
of Wales was actually held 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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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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