Yesterday was Gandhi’s birthday so I got the day off. Good work Mahatma, props to you. I used the day to go to Elephanta Island, an island in Mumbai harbor that is the site of a very impressive cave/temple complex. Elephanta is a UNESCO World Hertigate site so I was fairly confident it would be worth both the trip and the 500 rupees admission fee.
The hour ferry ride to the island was quite relaxing and the caves themselves were spectacular. The main cave was about 200 square meters in area with huge ornate columns supporting the ceiling. The cave contained a dozen or so massive panels of Hindu sculpture, highlighted by a huge head of Shiva. Very interesting stuff, the experience would have been even better had I known a little more about Hindu mythology, which I have resolved to do before my next temple visit. As it stands, I can’t really tell the God’s apart, they all look the same to me. I now see the appeal of monotheism…reduction in complexity.
I finished the day at Indigo Deli, a quite good sandwich shop and deli near the Gateway of India. I had a delicious pastrami reuben sandwich, very cosmopolitan, indeed. I’ll finish the post where I began, thanks Gandhi for the great day off.
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