You've already read my posts on Elephants caves here and here. Once again I visited Elephanta in this Mumbai trip. My view of seeing Elephanta was different this time...
ECO-TOURISM DESTINATIONS IN INDIA - ELEPHANTA CAVES
I tried to walk around to explore the ecology and nature of Elephanta / Gharapuri island. Infact when you take that toy train trip from the island entrance to the cave entrance, you can see a lot of marshes on either sides. There almost is a mini Mangrove. There were these plants similar to the ones from Pichavaram Mangrove.
MANGROVE PLANTS OF ELEPHANTA CAVES
The very characteristic of Mangrove Plants - the aeriel roots or 'Pneumatophores' were seen here too! But unfortunately not taken care of. The mere existence of mangroves here is not even considered. The locals don't even seem to realize its presence. The preservation given to the monuments inside, if atleast half of it is given to the Mangroves here, this place could be promoted not just for religious or heritage tourism but also nature and eco-tourism. Is anyone from the Maharashtra Tourism Dept. or the Elephata Gram Panchayat reading this???
HOW TO REACH ELEPHANTA CAVES
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