Mandapeshwar Caves: Difference between revisions

'''''The caves are situated in [[Mount Poinsur]], [[Borivali]], a suburb of [[Mumbai]]. Originally, the caves were on the banks of the [[Dahisar River]] but later the course of the river changed.<ref name="frontline">{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fline/fl2615/stories/20090731261506600.htm|title=In a shambles|last=Bavadam|first=Lyla|date=18–31 July 2009|publisher=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|accessdate=2011-01-22|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130125062548/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fline/fl2615/stories/20090731261506600.htm|archivedate=2013-01-25}}</ref> The name of the neighbourhood was derived from this temple. It is believed that the name of [[Mount Poinsur]], on which the [[Saint Francis D'Assisi High School]] is situated, is a corruption of the name "Mandapeshwar". The Mandapeshwar caves are smaller and lesser known as compared to the [[Kanheri caves]] in the [[Sanjay Gandhi National Park]] in [[Borivali|Borivali East]].<ref name="Gaur" /> The ruins of an old Portuguese-built church stand on top of the caves. The [[Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church, Mt. Poinsur|Immaculate Conception Church]] is located to its south end. There is an open ground in front of the caves which is used as a playground and parking area by people from the [[slum]] in front of it. The Swami Vivekanand Road runs in front of this cave.<ref name="Gaur" /><ref name="crit" />'''''