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Shore temple of Mamallapuram aka Mahabalipuram is an master piece of Tamil architecture and suclpture.
Bright midday a the Shore Temple - Mahabalipuram, outside of Chennai, India
Mahabalipuram or Mamallapuram, a town in Tamil Nadu, India is an ancient town popular for stone carvings or monoliths. The town has the status of UNESCO World heritage site and attracts number of tourists.
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Mamallapuram, or Mahabalipuram, is a town on a strip of land between the Bay of Bengal and the Great Salt Lake, in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It’s known for its temples and monuments built by the Pallava dynasty in the 7th and 8th centuries.
Mahabalipuram, India - January 30, 2015: Tourists at the Pancha, or Five, Rathas (also known as Pandava Rathas) which are a series of  monuments at Mahabalipuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Dating from the late 7th century, they are attributed to the reign of King Mahendravarman I and his son Narasimhavarman I (630-680 AD) of the Pallava Kingdom. Photo shows the Bhima, Arjuna, Draupadi and Nakula Sachadeva Rathas. The structures are without any precedence in Indian temple architecture and are completely carved out of a single rock each. Remarkably well preserved for monuments that are over 1300 years old, they withstood the ravages of the Tsunamis of the 13th Century and 2004. They however display the effects of wind and sand erosion. These are not temples as they are unfinished and were never consecrated. They are part of the UNESCO World Heritage site at Mahabalipuram. Photo shot in the afternoon sunlight; horizontal format.
Famous Tamil Nadu landmark - Shore temple, world heritage site in Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India
Empty gold sandy beach and sea with clear blue sky background
Ancient Shore Temple at Mahabalipuram, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, India
Mahabalipuram, India - October 3, 2023. The Shore Temple landscape in Tamil Nadu, with visitors.
Shore temple in Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, India
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fantastic art design of beautiful landscape  monolithic famous Shore Temple near Mahabalipuram and Indian ocean in Tamil Nadu, India
Cloudy Pacific Coast
Shore Temple of Mahabalipuram. The Shore Temple is so named because it overlooks the shore of the Bay of Bengal. It is located near Chennai in Tamil Nadu.
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Mahabalipuram, India - 06 Feb 2016 : Visitors on a tour to Five Rathas or Panch Rathas, a UNESCO world heritage site
Mahabalipuram, India - October 3, 2023. Visitors stand under Krishna's Butter Ball in Mahabalipuram, a seaside town in Tamil Nadu, India.
Ancient seashore historical temple constructed in 7th century A.D at Mahabalipuram, a Unesco World Heritage Site in Tamilnadu.
Image shows the Dharmaraja, Bhima, Arjuna and Draupadi Rathas all lined up. Four of the five Pancha Rathas (also known as Pandava Rathas), a monument complex at Mahabalipuram or Mamallapuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Dating from the late 7th century, it is attributed to the reigns of King Mahendravarman I and his son Narasimhavarman I (630-680 AD) of the Pallava Kingdom. The structures are without any precedence in Indian temple architecture and are carved out of a single granite rock each. Remarkably well preserved, they withstood the ravages of the Tsunamis of the 13th Century and 2004. They however display the effects of wind and sand erosion of over one thousand three hundred years. These are not temples as they are unfinished, and were never consecrated. They are part of the UNESCO World Heritage site at Mahabalipuram. Photo shot in the afternoon sunlight; horizontal format.
Mahabalipuram temples in Tamil Nadu
The 8th century Shore Temple in Mahabalipuram or Mamallapuram, built in the 8th Century, between 700 and 728 AD, during the rign of the Pallava King Narasimhavarman II. Sculpted cattle in stone decorate the temple on one side. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1984, the temple is one of the oldest structural temples in South India. It survived the Tsunamis of the 13th Century and 2004. The sides display some sand and wind errosion. Photo shot around noon against a blue sky with some clouds. No people; copy space. Camera
Mahabalipuram shore temple in Tamil Nadu, India
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Mahabalipuram, India - 06 Feb 2016 : Visitors on a tour to Shore Temple, a heritage site in Tamil Nadu, India
Boats along the shore at the beach in Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India.
Shore temple, Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India
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fantastic art design of monolithic famous Shore Temple near Mahabalipuram, world heritage site in Tamil Nadu, India
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