#elephanta caves

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Maheshmurti, Elephanta Caves

6th-century, Gupta-Chalukyan art.

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इतिहास दीवारों पर कुरेदे गए और कहानियां हमारे मस्तिष्क पर

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Elephanta Caves, Mumbai, Maharashtra, photo by Kevin Standage, more at https://kevinstandagephotography.wordpress.com/2018/04/29/elephanta-caves-elephanta-island-mumbai/

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Hindu Sculpture of the Trimurti Sadashiva in the Elephanta Caves, Maharashtra, India

The sculpture dates to around the 5th or 6th century. Its three heads represent three essential aspects of the Hindu god Shiva: creation, protection, and destruction.

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Ardhanari, the god Shiva and his consort Parvati, from the Elephanta Caves.

Ardhanarishvara is a composite androgynous form of the Hindu God Shiva and His consort Parvati (also known as Devi, Shakti and Uma in this icon). Ardhanarishvara is depicted as half male and half female, split down the middle. The right half is usually the male Shiva, illustrating His traditional attributes.

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Elephanta caves, Mumbai, Maharastra