To start with, here is a video of the famous waterfall at Ellora caves, Aurangabad.
The waterfall is near cave no. 29. The force is very strong and the water is muddy because of continuous rains. When the sun decided to show its face for sometime, a rainbow on this water was also seen. It is visible in still pictures that I took from inside the cave.

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Here are some photos from my recent trip. Can you guess the places or things ? At least some of them ?
No cheating. No Google. Okay ?

Even the dark clouds could not deter the big banyan tree from looking into the mirror of serene water.

 Other details with photos can be read here on these posts on Elehanta Caves.

The island of Elephanta caves has high & steep stone steps to reach the first set of caves and at times it is difficult to climb, especially if you are not so young or energetic.
One can avoid climbing them by

A lady selling cucumbers and others snack items at Elephanta caves island on way to main entrance.
There are many of them sitting through the whole day under a makeshift shade. They finish their household work, sit under scorching sun & sell these sundry items to financially support their families.

I thought my previous post would be the last one on Elephanta caves but a question from Sam which he popped up on my other blog made me write this one. The question was “How long does it take for a complete trip of Elephanta caves?”

Well, to be frank.. if you are young and energetic and have no problems climbing up the hill, you can very well cover it in a day.
However, a few things before you start off the expedition.
1. Try to reach the Gateway of India early in …

It is believed that the caves were used as target practice after they constructed a fort and put a flag to ward off pirates. Whatever the cause may be, many of the sculptures have been desecrated. From the Portuguese, the Britishers captured the island and used it for the same purpose.

Canon Hill
As I said earlier, the island consists of two hillocks. Your trip to Elephanta Island would be incomplete without a small climb up to Cannon Hill – aptly named because of the cannons strategically perched on top of the …

Some more pictures from the caves. As always, they are just the way they were clicked.. without any enhancements. You can click them to get enlarged view. And you can also check my webpicasa album for more pictures.

Most of the sculptures were in bad shape.

The closer look of a Shivaling. All the Shivlings are worshiped daily with fresh flowers and one can smell the nice fragrance of incense sticks.

The main sculpture.
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