Mamallapuram

Kurt & Gail in front of the Shore Temple at Mamallapuram.

Archive 2009-03-01 Gail 2009

After the Shore Temple we went to see another part of the Mamallapuram called Panch Rathas, which means five temples.

Archive 2009-03-01 Gail 2009

We drove down the coast to a place called Mamallapuram.

Archive 2009-03-01 Gail 2009

After the Shore Temple we went to see another part of the Mamallapuram called Panch Rathas, which means five temples.

India - Day 1 Chennai Gail 2009

Kurt & Gail in front of the Shore Temple at Mamallapuram.

India - Day 1 Chennai Gail 2009

We drove down the coast to a place called Mamallapuram.

India - Day 1 Chennai Gail 2009

The same playful mind that can be sensed in Mahendra's plays can be seen in the dynastic sculptures commissioned a little inland from Mamallapuram, at the Pallava capital of Kanchipuram: here we see the ladies of the court riding on elephants under crimson parasols; messengers arrive breathless at halls packed with courtiers; ambassadors from China sue for peace.

India: The Place of Sex Dalrymple, William 2008

As for the first major tourist stop, the famed temple town of Mamallapuram, I'm just thankful India's driving pace puts it beyond my one-hour limit.

One Hour Out: Chennai 2008

You can still get a flavor of the intoxicatingly rich and sophisticated classical India that supplied these luxuries at the once-great port of Mamallapuram on the Coromandal coast.

India: The Place of Sex Dalrymple, William 2008

He improved the port of Mamallapuram, near Kanchi, and cut there the first of five raths, monolithic sanctuaries in the form of cars, the earliest monuments of the Dravidian style; also the cliffside relief depicting the descent of the River Ganges from Heaven.

c. South India 2001