The festival of Elephanta is held across the Mumbai harbour, on the Elephanta Island, in the vicinity of world famous Elephanta Caves that are also declared A World Heritage Site. This wonderful Island is known for its great cave shrine that was excavated in the 6th century. It is merely 10kms away from the Mumbai harbour and thronged by numerous tourists who seek a treat of history and culture.
This festival is held annually in the month of February. There is amazing ambiance of music and dance that renovates the entire island into a large open air auditorium speckled with twinkling stars.
This festival of Music and Dance is organised by the tourist division Maharashtra. The key thing to see is the illuminated Shiva-idol, known as Maheshmurti in the main cave of the island. There are also Folk dances by the local fishermen and delicious ethnic local food varieties also add to the festivities.
The Elephanta festival, in a way, showcases legends of beautiful splendor of the rock cave temples. The festival also involves a boat ride from the Gateway of India in Mumbai to the Elephanta Islands.
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