Decoding Mumbai, india’ ( One heart many soul) be Attractive BY RAJKUMAR_SINGHANIA

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• ‘Decoding Mumbai, india’ ( One heart many soul) be Attractive.

Mumbai  also known as (Bombay), the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 12.4 million as of 2011 sensex .and forth largest population state in world today . And I am one To review about my view , to words .this is My story I am Rajkumar singhania . Welcome to see My (Decoding Mumbai, india’ ( One heart many soul) be attractive . I am a ordinary boy . I born in mumbai . As a middle family . I am single . My dad was in army . He transfer to many place from Delhi to jammu to bangalore to cuttack to mumbai . And my last journey to mumbai end . My dad wanted to swift .me and mother in Mumbai . Were all facility are available .Today i am 20 . My best place to visit was (Elephanta Island)

this island was in mid of ocean . Surrounded by  ocean water 

• Any season 
• Best place to visit for history heritage and culture sculpture and monument etc
• ₹200 ferry to visit for this island  .
• We can stay for 2 hours .
• Monday closed
• Be attractive 

As I see . This was mine first place to visit in mumbai to look up . Why is it called mumbai the heart of india. 

And everyone come here from other state of india to visit . To see , Mumbai. ( Elephanta island) This canvas is based in mid of water . A island .itself it called .it take 25 minute to go by ferry  .and along with that .we have 2 hours for see island clear and best part of new thing is that island was so clean and it's a devote to lord shiva a indian originated god .shiva is hindu god . And 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 exceptions, much of the artwork is 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 (6.1 m) Trimurti Sadashiva (three-faced Shiva), Nataraja (Lord of dance) and Yogishwara (Lord of Yoga) being the most celebrated.

The origins and date when the caves were constructed have attracted considerable speculations and scholarly attention since the 19th century. These date them between 5th and 9th century, and attribute them to various Hindu dynasties.They are more commonly placed between 5th and 7th centuries. Most scholars consider it to have been completed by about 550 CE.

•Name and originated 

They were named Elefante – which morphed to Elephanta – by the colonial Portuguese when they found elephant statues on it. They established a base on the island, and its soldiers damaged the sculpture and caves. The main cave (Cave 1, or the Great Cave) was a Hindu place of worship until the Portuguese arrived, whereupon the island ceased to be an active place of worship.The earliest attempts to prevent further damage to the Caves were started by British India officials in 1909.] The monuments were restored in the 1970s] In 1987, the restored Elephanta Caves were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is currently maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

   Elephanta island • first trip to elephanta island .

Elephanta Island, or Gharapuri, is about 10 km (6.2 mi) east of the Gateway of India in the Mumbai Harbour and less than 2 km (1.2 mi) west of Jawaharlal Nehru Port. The island covers about 10 km2 (3.9 sq mi) at high tide and about 16 km2 (6.2 sq mi) at low tide. Gharapuri is a small village on the south side of the island.[4] The Elephanta Caves is connected by ferry services from the Gateway of India, Mumbai between 9AM and 2PM daily, except Monday when the Caves are closed. Mumbai has a major domestic and international airport, as well as is connected to the Indian Railways.

The island is 2.4 km (1.5 mi) in length with two hills that rise to a height of about 150 m (490 ft). A narrow deep ravine separates the two hills, and runs from north to south. On the west, the hill rises gently from the sea and stretches east across the ravine and rises gradually to the extreme east to a height of 173 m (568 ft). Forest growth with clusters of mango, tamarind, and karanj trees cover the hills with scattered palm trees. The foreshore is made up of sand and mud with mangrove bushes on the fringe. Landing quays sit near three small hamlets known as Set Bunder in the north-west, Mora Bunder in the northeast, and Gharapuri or Raj Bunder in the south.

There are five rock-cut caves in the western hill and a brick stupa on the eastern hill. The eastern hill has two Buddhist mounds, and is called the Stupa hill. Close to the five western hill caves, are Cave 6 and 7 on the eastern hill. The most visited and significant cave is on the western hill and is called Cave 1 or the Great Cave, located about a kilometer walk up a steep graded uphill. The Elephanta island .

•I see Mumbai as my heart, and this mine decoding word  to express with you .

2. Trip to The Kanheri Caves

• Might you know about kanheri caves this caves is in (Sanjay gandhi National park of borivali) . Situated to Borivali , mumbai . 
• This national park is also a part of this kanheri caves .
• The best season to visit here is rainy .
• Daily in rainy season 1300 people visited here to enjoy with family. And all 
• This is my survey of report what i got and see , there are more people than that as well.
• I came here to water bath and see the waterfall . The best season is rainy , you can come to The Kanheri Caves are a group of caves and rock-cut monuments cut into a massive basalt outcrop in the forests of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, on the island of Salsette in the western outskirts of Mumbai, India. They contain Buddhist sculptures and relief carvings, paintings and inscriptions, dating from the 1st century BCE to the 10th century CE. Kanheri comes from the Sanskrit Krishnagiri, which means black mountain.
• Waterfall 

I see the Most of the caves were Buddhist viharas, meant for living, studying, and meditating. The larger caves, which functioned as chaityas, or halls for congregational worship, are lined with intricately carved Buddhist sculptures, reliefs, pillars and rock-cut stupas. Avalokiteshvara is the most distinctive figure. The large number of viharas demonstrates there was a well organized establishment of Buddhist monks. This establishment was also connected with many trade centers, such as the ports of Sopara, Kalyan, Nasik, Paithan and Ujjain. Kanheri was a University center by the time the area was under the rule of the Mauryan and Kushan empires. In the late 10th century, the Buddhist teacher Atisha (980–1054) came to the Krishnagiri Vihara to study Buddhist meditation under inside caves .this caves are to build a strong connection to . The caves as viewed from the base of the hill .

Rock cut stair leading to Kanheri.

I am a curious boy I need to know everything about all. How i see . When u go take a survey to check this are . Make this old origin caves as long as the life are there .

Why I take this caves in our journey to mumbai ,

Because I also didn’t have idea to make this heritage alive . This is our history . Decoding mumbai (one heart many soul ) I

•Interior image of kanheri caves . 

My Journey of kanheri caves end . 

I visited most popular famous caves in mumbai and all over india .But i am from mumbai that why i most explore the mumbai important caves and history background caves which are lives from many years ago. And this is our beauty of city and make a history (back in time) . Today we people are lacking of our famous ancient culture  and heritage to view .

One day might you know to make beauty and mumbai to be attractive . 

Rajkumar singhania