India/Tamil Nadu /Kancheepuram /Mahabalipuram Descent of the Ganges is located on West Raja Street in Mahabalipuram. Edit Detail InformationEdit Descent of the Ganges is a huge rock monument in the 7th century during the Pallava reign on the face of an enormous boulder, this along with the adjacent carving, Arjuna’s Penance, is one of the […]
India/Tamil Nadu /Kancheepuram /Mahabalipuram East Raja Street is situated at Mahabalipuram, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit The sculpture museum, Mahabalipuram is famous for its elaborate collection of sculptures and images of god and goddesses of Hindu mythology. There are more than 3,000 sculptures can be found in this museum. All the sculptures bear […]
India/Tamil Nadu /Kancheepuram /Salurankuppam Tiger’s Cave is located near Salurankuppam village at a distance of 5 km to the north of Mahabalipuram. Edit Detail InformationEdit Tiger’s Cave is actually a rock-cut cave temple dedicated to goddess Durga and is crowned with several heads of the mythical creature, Yali, which looks like a lion or a […]
India/Tamil Nadu /Kancheepuram /Mahabalipuram Dharmaraja Cave Temple at Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu, from the south-west, taken by Alexander Rea in the 1880s. Mamallapuram, a tiny village south of Madras, was a flourishing port of the Pallava dynasty during the 7th – 8th centuries. The site is famous for an early group of monolithic temples, known […]
India/Tamil Nadu /Kancheepuram /Mahabalipuram Mahishamardini Cave, Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit Mahishamardini Cave is dedicated to Goddess Mahishamardini or Goddess Durga, Goddess Parvati’s warrior avatar who slayed Mahishasura, the demon who could transform into a buffalo at will. Mahishamardini cave temple lies past a boulder strewn path that leads right up to the […]
India/Tamil Nadu /Kancheepuram /Mahabalipuram Arjuna’s Penance is situated in the town of Mahabalipuram, at a distance of 58 km from Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu. Edit Detail InformationEdit Arjuna’s Penance is known by two names, as experts disagree on the stories depicted by it. As per one view, the massive rock sculpture has […]
India/Tamil Nadu /Kancheepuram /Mahabalipuram Pancha Rathas is situated in the town of Mahabalipuram, at a distance of 58 km from Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu. Edit Detail InformationEdit The five Rathas is a set of magnificent monolithic rock temples. Panch is a Hindi world which means ‘Five’. These fine rock temples are located […]
India/Tamil Nadu /Kancheepuram /Mahabalipuram Krishna’s Butterball is Situated on a hill slope near the Ganesh Ratha Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit Krishna’s Butterball is a curious tourist attraction in Mahabalipuram. The “butterball” is a giant balancing rock, 5 meters in diameter, perched on a smooth slope, seemingly defying all laws of physics. In […]
India/Tamil Nadu /Kancheepuram /Mahabalipuram Thirukadalmallai Temple, Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit Thirukadalmallai Temple is built by the Pallava King at Mahabalipuram to protect the sculptures from the waves of ocean. This temple is devoted to Lord Vishnu, known as Valavendai Gnanapiran. It is also popular for its Adivaraha shrine near the seashore. After […]
India/Tamil Nadu /Kancheepuram /Mahabalipuram Ganesh Ratha was located near the Pancha Ratha of Mahabalipuram Edit Detail InformationEdit The Ganesha Ratha is one of the ancient architectures in Mahabalipuram. The most attractive features of the Ratha are the architecture and the stone work. The shore temples, the Ratha temples and the other temples of the place […]