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The Shore Temple in Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India. 

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Two goats relaxing under the shade of the Yudhisthira Ratha in Mahabalipuram, photograph by Mary Binney Wheeler, ca. 1978-1981. From the University of Pennsylvania's Mary Binney Wheeler Image Collection on JSTOR, which has 6,500+ open and free images from India and Sri Lanka. Yes, there are more monuments—and goats—in the collection.

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Descent of the Ganges is a monument at Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India.

It's is 96 by 43 feet, it is a giant open-air rock relief carved on two monolithic rock boulders.

The legend depicted in the relief is the story of the descent of the sacred river Ganges to earth from the heavens led by Bhagiratha. The descent of the Ganges and Arjuna's Penance are portrayed in stone at the Pallava heritage site. The relief is more of a canvas of Indian rock cut sculpture at its best not seen anywhere in Bharat.

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Mahabalipuram Shore Temple - INDIA

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Mahabalipuram and Pondicherry tour

If you are in Chennai, a one-day trip to Mahabalipuram and Pondicherry is a must. The nearest airport to these places is in Chennai, so after you land there, you can hire a taxi from the airport to start your journey. It takes approximately one hour from Chennai airport to Mahabalipuram and another two hours to reach Pondicherry by car. The sightseeing will commence right from the drive itself…

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Mahabalipuram

Mahabalipuram ou Mamallapuram est une ville historique et un site du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO dans le Tamil Nadu, en Inde. Sous le règne de la dynastie Pallava, entre le IIIe et le VIIe siècle de notre ère, elle devint un important centre d'art, d'architecture et de littérature. Avant cette époque, Mahabalipuram était déjà un port de mer prospère sur le golfe du Bengale. Un grand nombre de pièces de monnaie et d'autres objets excavés dans cette région indiquent également l'existence de relations commerciales avec les Romains avant même que la région n'ait fait partie de l'empire Pallava.

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Mahabalipuram on India’s northeast coast was said to be home to seven Sacred pagodas. Today, only one pagoda, the Shore Temple, exists. But the tsunami of 2004 removed centuries of sediment from the ocean floor just off the coast, revealing several ancient submerged temples.

I've been there!