This is the last destination of my south India Travel, to read about previous destinations ,click here, here, here, here and here.
Mamallapuram is a small town located exactly half way between Pondicherry and Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state, India. The town is famous solely for the many rock temples portraying events described in the Hindu epic Mahabharata, built by the Pallava kings built largely between the 7th to 9th centuries, and has been classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The most convenient mode of travel to this place is via road, both from Pondicheery and Chennai, as it is located halfway between both the destinations. We took a taxi from Pondicherry East Coast Road
We spent a whole day here and visited all the wonderful heritage structures here.
Pancha Rathas (Five Chariots) – five monolithic pyramidal structures named after the Pandavas (Arjuna, Bhima, Yudhishtra, Nakula and Sahadeva) and Draupadi. An interesting aspect of the rathas is that, despite their sizes they are not assembled – each of these is carved from one single large piece of stone.
Shore Temple – A structural temple along the Bay of Bengal with the entrance from the western side away from the sea.
The shore temple owing to its locations is the most majestic looking structure of Mamallapuram.
Standing by the shore temple looking towards the ocean, feeling the gentle ocean breeze and listening to the sound of the waves crashing, it felt like this place was the perfect culmination of the South India tour.
P.S. I have also written an article series on my south india tour for a travel blog, if you are interested in tour details, you can read here.
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Beautiful monuments!! Hopefully I should get to visit it sometime. Didn't know about it when I was in Chennai a couple 6 months back. Missed opportunity.
Beautiful monuments!! Hopefully I should get to visit it sometime. Didn't know about it when I was in Chennai a couple 6 months back. Missed opportunity.
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lovely post!!
Nice captures! Loved this entire south India series!
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Beautiful sites and wonderful pictures! Loved my virtual tour, would love to see them in person someday too.
Great shots!
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Nice pictures ! Thanks for this nice post:)
very interesting!
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Awesome photos. Thanks for sharing.
I would love to visit your beautiful country to see such wonders for myself.
I would need a place to swim though --with warm water.
Indeed very interesting and great pictures. The carvings are amazing and beautiful Would have taken a long time.
What amazing photos- you have captured everything so well.
Dear Sushmita
It was a pleasure to read your travel notes of down south and loved most of the post. The images here are quite beautiful as well as I connect with them, since I am staying in Chennai (though I am from Delhi).
I keep going there almost every month with one friend or another from abroad.
Thank you for sharing...
Here is one picture of the Shore temple that I have had taken, which is very close to my heart, hence I used it for one of my poetry... hope you like it.
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yay! i been here too and so could connect with the things you said and the pics you captured.
but hey, looks like you went at a time when it was extremely crowded i guess. we went in Sept 2011 and there were not too many people
Lovely post..I have visited this monument so many times growing up in Chennai..
Lovely post, have visited this monument so many times, growing up in Chennai..
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Oh Mahabalipuram is a lovely place. It looks beautiful in any frame from any angle! 5 rathas,butter ball, shore temple and everything just bring me lovely memories that I spent there..used to go there almost every year as part of my school vacation then!
I love your photos, very nice!
Nice article. Mahabalipuram surely does have some wonderful carvings.
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Loved the picture of the shore temple!! Amazing it is... and all the tourists standing there, make the shot even better!
Wonderful capture on the sculptures and carvings. We often used to visit mamallapuram and only shore temple is left to retouch for very long time. Hope u enjoyed at our ancestors town!
What a fantastic place! Love those carvings.
Oh Mahabalipuram looks like a wonderful place to visit with family. I have never been there. I want to take my family to these temples and I hope I will also be able to click some awesome pics. :)
I could not have possibly covered Mamallapuram in a single post. It was a great job on your part.
Wonderful shots. You have captured every corner.
It is so amazing to see big rocks {sometimes a single piece of rock} being transformed into beautiful structures -and how they have sustained through so many centuries!
Such a great collection of pics.
Awesome share about temples and trends..
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