Apart from being an imposing sculpture of great quality, and in generally good condition, the relief is of special interest because it comes from a similar period to the iconic reliefs at the Elephanta Caves, only a few miles away across Mumbai Harbour. Despite sharing both the style and the type of metaphysical concept of the great [trimurti] image at Elephanta, they appear to be by different workshops. There are also similarities to two reliefs from the Shamlaji Caves in Gujarat (very near the Buddhist site of Devni Mori), though in these the central Shiva is three-headed, like the famous image at Elephanta, and one has twenty-three secondary images, rather than the six here. The less crowded composition in the Parel relief is perhaps more successful. A relief of Shiva and Vishnu combined in Harihara form at the Jogeshwari Caves in another Mumbai suburb is also comparable. It has been suggested the Parel image was carved at Shamlaji (or by that workshop).