Question

write a brief note on the elephant caves​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Elephanta Caves are a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a collection of cave temples predominantly dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. They are on Elephanta Island, or Gharapuri (literally "the city of caves"), in Mumbai Harbour, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of Mumbai in the Indian state of Mahārāshtra.

Answer 2

Answer:

Elephanta caves are UNESCO World Heritage site and the collection of cave temples predominantly dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva. They are on Elephanta Island or Gharapuri ( "The city of caves" ) in Mumbai Harbour, 10 km (6.2 mi) East of Mumbai in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The island, about 2 kilometre west of the Jawaharlal Nehru port, consists of five Hindu caves and a few Buddhist stupa mounds that date back to the 2nd century BCE, as well as a small group of two Buddhist cave with water tanks.

The elephanta caves contain Rock cut stone sculptures that show syncretism of Hindu and Buddhist ideas and iconography. The caves are hewn from solid basalt rock. Except for a few expectations, much of the artwork is the defaced and damaged. The main temple's orientation as well as the relative location of other temples are placed in a mandala pattern. The carvings narrate Hindu mythologies, with the large monolithic 20 feet Trimurti Sadashiva, Nataraja and Yogishvara being the most celebrated.