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Stunning stonework, spread over around the city of Mamallapuram. They are a lasting testimony to the innovation and creativity of the stone workers -- and the kings who sponsored them.The main carvings and bas reliefs are well marked with explanations -- a good guide book and/or guide are also essential to understand the meanings and background to the stonework.From the gravity -defying Krishna's butterball to Arjuna's penance, five Rathas , Shore Temple ( with its stunning setting by the sea), Cave temples and numerous other monuments, this is an unique place, one of those special places in the world you simply MUST see.

The monuments are mostly rock-cut and monolithic, and constitute the early stages of Dravidian architecture where in Buddhist elements of design are prominently visible. They are constituted by cave temples, monolithic rathas (chariots), sculpted reliefs and structural temples. The pillars are of the Dravidian order. The sculptures are excellent examples of Pallava art. They are located in the side of the cliffs near India's Bay of Bengal. I travel the sea beach near mahabalipuram also.

The scope of the monuments is staggering. Spread across several sites, it takes a couple of hours to take them all in. The stories told from Hindu mythology are painstakingly and lovingly carved out of pure granite. They jump out at you from a distance and drag you closer and closer with every detail until you are standing within sounding off tones to hear the pure vibrations echoing off of their walls. A truly special place in the world. UNESCO got it right here for sure. A very easy place to recommend to anyone visiting Mamallapuram.

Also known as Arjuna's Penance although there is NO mythological connection. A lot of things that you see around are the imaginations of the Artist or the King who got this done. This one takes you back to the Mahabharata and how it was a fiercely fought battle. You can hire a guide for all the monuments around. I guess 100 to 200 bucks should be good enough.

Of course it absolutely unnecessary to say that the monuments carved into the rock at Mahabalipuram are staggeringly impressive but I imagine that clambering over them in the full heat of the day would be rather taxing. As well as that, as it is a much visited tourist site, I suppose it could be rather hard work mingling with the crowds. However....I have noticed in the south in India, things get going rather slowly early in the day so, if you are staying in the town overnight get up early and explore at your leisure in the cool of the morning. I did that around 7.00 am in a delightful February sunrise and felt I had the place to myself. Of course I took one or two big landscape photos at the top, and gazed all around me in wonder, but again and again it was the detail that drew me back, little flights of stairs carved in the rock, a perfectly chiseled rectangular pool and so on. It was a wonderful experience, a welcome antidote to the bustle of the town. Wouldn't it be great though if everybody in India took their litter home? The wind and the people who mind these monuments do their best to clear the site but the determination of the crowd to cover the ground in plastic can never really be defeated.

Just opposite the five rathas, it is a place worth experiencing. It gave knowledge on the types of shells that one could not have imagined and at the same time enjoy hard work of one person for 30 odd years to collect and present.Simply awesome and a small but pretty collections of fishes in their aquarium.A must visit if you are visiting Mahabaliuram

Excellent trip we had, we enjoyed every moment. We would definitely want to do more such tip using Trip advisor.

An entrance toll fro vehicles ! Rather ridiculous.I was so cheesed off I just drove around and then buzzed off back to Chennai.

They are definitely worth a trip..... also well maintained. We bought a book on the monuments at the ticket shop. That was helpful in understanding the history. Please go with a full day to see all the monuments......and comfortable shoes.

When one rises above the "descent of the Ganges" by the small paths, you have a beautiful view of rice fields and a pond. this to say that the area is also worth a visit as often in India. Here nothing excessive, temples seaside fragile seen from the beach with the waves-eating ribs, they are elegant and changing, the sun at night. Do miss before a "complex" steel concrete glass will come to ruin!

The monuments are well worth visiting - it goes a long way and there is a history to it, obviously the stour is given by the guides one has.

It stuns me as to how anyone can rate these monuments as 'average'. After 3 weeks touring southern India the temples at Mahabalipuram stand out as unique and fascinating. Walking around the complex, that covers 3 separate areas, you just have to remember that these were chiselled out of solid rock. They've not been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for nothing.An added bonus was that we were sharing the experience with groups of local school children - and they were loving it. I shall ever remember their broad smiles and happy "hello's".Words will not fully describe the experience so we had better have some photos.