# A Temple Entrance at the Elephanta Caves

- By: Samuel Bourne (Mucklestone, 1834–1912)
- Date: 1870
- Medium: paper
- Classification: photograph
- Dimensions: height 238 mm x width 285 mm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-F-F80409--b09e52d313375ea8658d8ee3d11cb703)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/lExWf/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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An inscription in the cave tells the story of Shiva and his consort Parvati playing a dice game near their palace on Mount Kalesh (in the Himalayas). While Parvati looks the other way, Shiva deliberately loses to his wife to make her happy.