Tours to Elephanta Island, Mumbai

Widely acknowledged as the high-watermark of rock-cut sculpture in India, the three-headed Shiva, or ‘Trimurti’, dominating the principal shrine at Elephanta Island is guaranteed to make the hairs of your neck stand on end. Sculpted from volcanic rock, it symbolizes Shiva’s three aspects – creator, preserver and destroyer – with eerily life-like expressions that subtly change as you move around the chamber.