Mamallapuram well known as Mahabalipuram, it is located
around 60 km south from Chennai city in India. It is an olden historic town and
ancient Indian merchants who went to countries of South East Asia sailed from
the port of Mahabalipuram. Mamallapuram dates back to the Tamil Pallava Empire
in the 7th-9th century, by the 7th Century period it was a Port city of
Pallavas. It devises a collection of sanctuaries, which stayed carved out of
rock beside the Coromandel Coast in the 7th-8th centuries, temples in the form
of chariots called rathas, cave sanctuaries called mandapas, giant open-air
reliefs such for example the legendary 'Descent of the Ganges', and the Shore
Shiva Temple, with thousands of sculptures to the brilliance.
Today Mamallapuram is honorably a tourist town and one of the
most important attractions around Chennai. All the collection has been
classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The East Coast Road has made it
certainly accessible - just about an hour drive from the city. At one time you
could see the Bay of Bengal almost all the way to this location, there is so
much development that the ocean is glimpsed only as you get close to
Mamallapuram. Unfortunately, the entire strip is now a mess of restaurants,
resorts, amusement parks, people, and discarded plastic and chaotic traffic.
It is easy to contract around the metropolis on foot, though
bike hire is also offered. It is comparatively a small city and all theme of
interest is close to respectively other. Paid parking zones are offered near
the Shore Temple and the Five Rathas. Annotation, for visiting both Shore
temple and the File Rathas you must to buy entry tickets. These ticket counters
gets closed by 5.30PM and both these places gets locked by 6PM. So, you cannot
enter unless you purchase the ticket before 5.30PM.
