Elaborate Elephant

Known as the beatitful Jain Temple in Mumbai. Babu Amichand Panalal Adishwarji is a small temple with a rather ornate gate around it. Beautiful on the inside as well, I was rather caught up in photographing a few of these decorative touches on the perimeter of the temple. After all, who doesn't like the nice touch of a robed elephant?

Jainism is not as well known outside of India, owing to its small size of only 4-5 million followers worldwide. Over a million of these reside in the state of Maharashtra, which is also home to Mumbai.