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  2. Mamallapuram - Wikipedia

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    Mamallapuram (also known as Mahabalipuram [4]), is a town in Chengalpattu district in the southeastern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, best known for the UNESCO World Heritage Site of 7th- and 8th-century Hindu Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram. It is one of the famous tourist sites in India. [5] The ancient name of the place is Thirukadalmallai.

  3. Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram - Wikipedia

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    Mandapas also refer to rock-cut cave temples or shrines, built according to the same concept, and Mamallapuram has many mandapas [3] dated to the 7th and 8th centuries. [31] The Mamallapuram cave temples are incomplete, which has made them a significant source of information about how cave monuments were excavated and built in 7th-century India ...

  4. Descent of the Ganges (Mahabalipuram) - Wikipedia

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    Descent of the Ganges, known locally as Arjuna's Penance, [1] [2] is a monument at Mamallapuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, in the Chengalpattu district of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Measuring 96 by 43 feet (29 m × 13 m), it is a giant open-air rock relief carved on two monolithic rock boulders.

  5. South Indian Inscriptions - Wikipedia

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    South Indian Inscriptions is an epigraphical series that has been published by the Archaeological Survey of India in 34 volumes from 1890 through the present. The texts are supplemented with summaries and an overview of the texts, both in English [1] The series was originally edited by archaeologist E. Dinesh, then V. Venkayya and Rai Bahadur.

  6. Mahishasuramardini Mandapa - Wikipedia

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    A lighthouse is located beside it. A structural temple of the 8th century called the Olakkannesvara Temple (mistakenly called a Mahishasura temple) is situated near this cave at a vantage location which provides scenic views of Mamallapuram. The area is a high security zone as there is a nuclear power station a few kilometers to the south ...

  7. Pallava art and architecture - Wikipedia

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    Descent of the Ganges rock carvings at Mamallapuram. Pallava art and architecture represent an early stage of Dravidian architecture which blossomed to its fullest extent under the Chola Dynasty. The first stone and mortar temples of South India were constructed during Pallava rule and were based on earlier brick and timber prototypes. [1] [2] [3]

  8. Krishna's Butterball - Wikipedia

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    Krishna's Butterball (also known as Vaan Irai Kal [2] and Krishna's Gigantic Butterball) is a gigantic balancing rock, a granite boulder resting on a short incline in the historical coastal resort town of Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu state, India.

  9. Narasimhavarman I - Wikipedia

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    Narasimhavarman I was also known as Mamallan [2] [3] (great wrestler), and Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram) was named in his honour. It was during his reign, in 640 CE, that the Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang visited Kanchipuram. [4] Narasimhavarman I was a Hindu and a great devotee of Shiva.