The Elephanta Island Project

“We will not let outsiders do business on Elephanta Island,” warns erstwhile Sarpanch Rajendra Padte who, on his part, rubbishes his presen...

It isn’t rare to find the launch service provider refusing to sell tickets to ‘single men’ or ‘single women’ entirely on whim citing, and o...

Now, the 20 lakh footfalls per annum on the island are set to increase with the spurt in promotional activities and India’s longest rope-wa...

Interestingly, while the Forest Department is yet expected to identify and provide a place for the construction of toilets for tourists aft...

“During the monsoons, the sea enters our homes and the view our home provides tourists is spectacular. It’s like living under a waterfall,”...

As tourists embark from the launches transporting them from Gateway of India at Mumbai onto Elephanta’s spanking new jetty (an old one has ...

So, while all of Elephanta Island’s natives braced for an influx of tourists from over the world on their seaside homes and got cracking t...

Apart from the snakes that thrive in the island’s thick foliage, it’s the multitudes of monkeys that have grown multi-fold over the years. ...