Showing posts with label Mahabalipuram. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mahabalipuram. Show all posts

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Visit to Mahabalipuram in Chennai, TamilNadu

Mahabalipuram,derived from 'Mamallapuram' (tamil: மாமல்லபுரம்) is a town in Kancheepuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It has an average elevation of 12 metres (39 feet).
Guavas are very costly in Madras....10 ke 2...
 Mahabalipuram was a 7th century port city of the South Indian dynasty of the Pallavas around 60 km south from the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu. The name Mamallapuram is believed to have been given after the Pallava king Narasimhavarman I, who took on the epithet Maha-malla (great wrestler), as the favourite sport of the Pallavas was wrestling. It has various historic monuments built largely between the 7th and the 9th centuries, and has been classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Famous Balancing Rock of Mahabalipuram