Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Elephanta Caves' has mentioned 'Shrine' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Description 3.1 Cave 1: Main, Great Cave 3.1.1 Sadasiva: Trimurti 3.1.2 Gangadhara 3.1.3 Ardhanarishvara 3.1.4 Shiva slaying Andhaka 3.1.5 Wedding of Shiva 3.1.6 Yogishvara: Lord of Yoga 3.1.7 Nataraja: Lord of Dance 3.1.8 Mount Kailash and Ravananugraha 3.1.9 Linga shrine 3.1.10 East wing: Shaktism 3.1.11 West wing: Other traditions 3.2 Caves 2-5: Canon hill 3.3 Stupa hill: caves 6-7, stupas 1-2 3.4 Lost monuments 4 Preservation 5 In literature 6 See also 7 References 7.1 Bibliography 8 External links | WIKI |
| The cave's main entrance is aligned with the northxe2x80x93south axis, unusual for a Shiva shrine (normally eastxe2x80x93west). | WIKI |
| [8][18][1] However, inside is an integrated square plan Linga shrine (garbha-griya) that is aligned east-west, opening to the sunrise. | WIKI |
| Linga East Wing Shrine 10. | WIKI |
| Dvarapala West Wing Shrine 14. | WIKI |
| Embedded within the Great Cave are dedicated shrines, the largest of which is the square plan Linga shrine (see 16 in plan). | WIKI |
| The linga shrine is surrounded by a mandapa and circumambulation path (pradakshina-patha) as in other Hindu temples. | WIKI |
| The pillars are similarly aligned east-west to this shrine and have an east entrance. | WIKI |
| The eastern sanctuary serves as a ceremonial entrance, and its shrine shows iconography of Shaktism tradition. | WIKI |
| The panel in the northwest side of the cave, on the wall near west entrance and the Linga shrine (see 7 in plan), is an uncommon sculpture about the Andhakasura-vadha legend. | WIKI |
| The niche image carved on the southwest wall, near the Linga shrine (see 6 on plan) is the wedding of Shiva and Parvati. | WIKI |
| Linga shrine[edit] | WIKI |
| Shiva Linga shrine inside the cave complex. | WIKI |
| [76] Each door is flanked by two dvarapalas (gate guardians), for a total of eight around the shrine. | WIKI |
| [28] All are in a damaged condition except those at the southern door to the shrine. | WIKI |
| In the center is the mulavigraha Linga, is set on a raised platform above the floor of the shrine by 1.8xc2xa0m (5xc2xa0ft 11xc2xa0in). | WIKI |
| The smaller east shrine. | WIKI |
| On the east side of the main hall is a separate shrine. | WIKI |
| It once had a seated Nandi facing the Linga shrine, but its ruins have not been restored. | WIKI |
| To the south side of this eastern courtyard is the Shaktism shrine, with a lion, each seated with a raised forepaw as guardian. | WIKI |
| Inside the west face of this small shrine (see 10xe2x80x9312 of plan) are Sapta Matrikas, or the "seven mothers" along with Parvati, Kartikeya (Skanda) and Ganesha. | WIKI |
| [56] The smaller shrine's sanctum features a linga and has a circumambulatory path around it. | WIKI |
| The Shakti panel in the east shrine is unusual in that counting Parvati, it features eight mothers (Asta matrikas) in an era when Sapta matrikas were more common such as at Samalaji and Jogeshwari caves. | WIKI |
| On the west side of the main hall is another attached shrine, though in a much more ruined state. | WIKI |
| The larger cave on the south side of the west shrine is closed, contains ruins and is bigger than the eastern side shrine. | WIKI |
| [81] The Nataraja shown in the west shrine is similar in style to one inside the main mandapa. | WIKI |
| Cave 3 is next to Cave 2, as one continues to go away from the main shrine. | WIKI |
| The central door at the back of the portico leads to a damaged shrine, the sanctum seems to be for a Linga, but that is lost. | WIKI |
| The shrine is a plain room 6xc2xa0m (20xc2xa0ft) deep by 5.7xc2xa0m (19xc2xa0ft) wide with a low altar. | WIKI |
| The shrine door has some traces of sculpture. | WIKI |
| [84] There are two other chambers, one on each side of the shrine. | WIKI |
| The shrine in the back contains a lingam. | WIKI |
| The hall has 3 chambers at the back, the central one a shrine and the rest for monks or priests. | WIKI |
| The hall is devoid of any decoration, except for the door of the central shrine, which has pilasters and a frieze, with the threshold decorated with lion figures. | WIKI |
| In her 1834 poem The Caves of Elephanta, Letitia Elizabeth Landon laments the loss of the original spiritual purpose of this vast structure, so that now: 'The mighty shrine, undeified, speaks force, and only force, Man's meanest attribute'. | WIKI |