Pushing off from Gateway
At rest
Distant view of Gateway
These guys just zoomed past
Middle Ground Coastal Battery belonging to the Indian Navy
Our Pilot Uncle ;)
They hardly would be using this
Fishing Trawler on Duty
Too noisy people
The splish and splash below
The Rescue boats..they're everywhere
Guess its some oil tanker
Not huge, but big enough
All for oil
Can call it a Poor Man's Cruiseliner...was christened NEW CAMBAY PRINCE
Propeller Splash
The footprints left behind ;)
One of the biggest tankers I saw, later was pulled off the port by tugboats
This was when the tugboats started pulling it
Ships off Butcher Island aka Jawahar Dweep for oil storage
Our destination port....too blurred :'(
A few exhibits on display at the museum
Cave No. 1
Close-up of Cave No. 1
A sculpture of Shiva as Nataraja
Siva Lakulisa
Inside Cave 1
The gigantic dwarapaals
Shivalinga
Andhakasura Vadha Murti (Siva killing the demon)
Marriage of Lord Shiva (Uma Mahesvara)
Carved pillars..
Gangadhara Shiva
Mahesa-murti. A colossal bust of the three forms of Siva, the aghora, turbulent and fearsome; tatpurusha, benign and meditative and vamadeva, mild pleasing and lovable.
Figure of ardhanarisvara, a form of Lord Shiva with the combined energies of male and female.
Cave No. 2
Cave No. 3
Cave No. 4
Close up of a cave with Shivalinga at Cave # 4
The mini train that takes you from the port till the entrance (10 bucks both ways)
The refineries at Mahul (Chembur) in the distance
The speedboat of Navi Mumbai Police Dept.
Its back to base....was a lovely trip.
