Elephanta Caves represents Hindu religion related sculptural art at its best. What Artistically and stylistically, the sculptures and the caves can be ascribed to the Kalachuri Kings (600 AD), who were staunch devotees of Hindu God Shiva. This small group of seven Puranic caves is of great importance to Hinduism for its sculptures of exceptional grandeur. The caves are home to Trimurti Shiva – three headed bust of Shiva. The pain, the effort and the struggle Hindu sculptors undertook to give form to the formless is simply awesome. No words are enough to define the beauty and craftsmanship of the sculptures in the caves. Shiva as Mahayogi In Elephanta Caves Elephanta caves, locally known as Gharapuri (city of forts), is a small island, nine kilometers west of city of Mumbai. The caves are reached by boat in about an hour from the world famous Gateway of India. How Elephanta Caves Got Its Name? When the Portuguese captured Mumbai from the king of Gujarat, they named i