tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227339373801740020.post-40568716519192457452006-11-21T13:56:00.003+05:302008-11-11T08:33:30.563+05:302008-11-11T08:33:30.563+05:30Writing after a long time. In between lot of things happened while I am in India. Some what settled down and accustomed to Indian way of living with traffic and rush and so on. Currently in Mumbai on a project in CMC. First time in Mumbai. It is a big city and good too. Better maintained than Chennai.<br /><br />During a weekend between my work at Jawaharlal Nehru Port, we went to Elephanta Island. You can reach here by going to Gateway of India and catching a boat to the island. It costs Rs.100 for a return trip. There are boats plying every hour between the two points. Once you get to the island, you need to walk up the hill to reach the Cave. There are lot of small shops selling collectibles on either side of the steps.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramakrishnan/300762892/" title="Elephanta Cave, Mumbai by Ramki's reflections, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/111/300762892_8abce9b8a1.jpg" alt="Elephanta Cave, Mumbai" width="500" height="375" /></a></center><br />Once you get up to the top, you see a huge temple carved out of the rock. There is a huge Thrimurthi carving on the wall of the main hall. There are small temples inside. The Shiva temple being huge. Doesn't look like any pooja is being held there. We saw some flower petals lying near the huge shivling.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramakrishnan/300762838/" title="Elephanta Cave, Mumbai by Ramki's reflections, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/99/300762838_70b6d94903.jpg" alt="Elephanta Cave, Mumbai" width="500" height="375" /></a></center><br />This temple should have been famous during old days. Now it is under Archeological Survey of India. There is a small museum related to the history of the cave. We also found lot of monkeys here.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramakrishnan/300762821/" title="Gateway of India, Mumbai by Ramki's reflections, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/115/300762821_e286837e3f.jpg" alt="Gateway of India, Mumbai" width="500" height="258" /></a></center><br />I shot this on the way back to Gateway of India. It is also the first time, I have seen the gateway of India. During the night the monument looks fantastic.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramakrishnan/300762790/" title="Gateway of India by Ramki's reflections, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/103/300762790_b56922c865.jpg" alt="Gateway of India" width="500" height="375" /></a></center><br />Bombay is beautiful. I could understand now why many of my Mumbai friends boast of the city like anything.Ramakrishnannoreply@blogger.com0