Mahabalipuram - Shore Temple

Mahabalipuram – Shore Temple

Mahabalipuram (Mamallapuram) Shore temple is located 58 km south of Chennai, Tamilnadu.

Built in 725 CE by Pallavas on the shore of Bay of Bengal, the Shiva temple is a five-storied structural temple built with solid rock foundation that withstood even the tsunami of 2004.

The Shore Temple has exquisite sculpturing and reliefs carved out of granite. The temple is a combination of three shrines.

Neolithic burial urn, cairn circles and jars with burials dating to the 1st century BCE have been discovered near Mahabalipuram. Chinese and Roman coins of 4th century CE have also been found at Mahabalipuram. Mamallapuram was an active port city in those times.

Location: https://goo.gl/maps/GWKwF3pnGrPAEiN37

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Mahabalipuram - Shore Temple
Mahabalipuram – Shore Temple
Mahabalipuram - Shore Temple
Mahabalipuram – Shore Temple
Mahabalipuram - Shore Temple
Mahabalipuram – Shore Temple
Mahabalipuram - Shore Temple
Mahabalipuram – Shore Temple
Mahabalipuram - Shore Temple
Mahabalipuram – Shore Temple
Mahabalipuram - Shore Temple
Mahabalipuram – Shore Temple
Mahabalipuram - Shore Temple
Mahabalipuram – Shore Temple
Mahabalipuram - Shore Temple
Mahabalipuram – Shore Temple
Mahabalipuram - Shore Temple
Mahabalipuram – Shore Temple
Mahabalipuram - Shore Temple
Mahabalipuram – Shore Temple

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