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Elephanta Island
The Cave Island
An hour's ferry from the Gateway brings you to 5th–8th-century cave temples of Shiva with the six-metre three-faced Trimurti.
An island an hour's ferry from the Gateway: rock-cut Shiva temples of the 6th–8th centuries, home to the three-faced Maheshmurti, one of India's great sculptures. A stall-lined stair climb, supervising monkeys, and the cool of basalt halls after the Mumbai sun. Half a day that overturns the idea of a city without antiquity.
Who it suits
cave temples a half-day escape quiet after the city
Staying here
Nowhere to stay: the island closes by evening.
In the evening
The last ferries leave before sunset, so don't cut the return close.
Getting there
Ferry from the Gateway of India · about an hour
What to see
Other areas of Mumbai
ColabaFort & Kala GhodaMarine Drive & ChowpattyBandraJuhuDhobi Ghat & Lower ParelCrawford Market & Zaveri BazaarDadar & Shivaji ParkMatunga
Areas on the map
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