According to a recent Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) report, the monument at Mahabalipuram (now Mamallapuram ... been constructed to protect the Shore Temple from the advancing waters of the Bay ...

The Shore Temple is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage site known as the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram. This site was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1984.

IMAGE: A kathak dancer poses at the Shore temple in Mahabalipuram at an earlier edition of the Mamallapuram Dance Festival. The annual dance festival is organised by the department of tourism ...

But I was eager to see the Shore Temple ... was carved in a single piece of stone (the special skill of Mahabalipuram). On the west were the Sun Temple and a small pit where there was a Siva ...

The word Mahabalipuram ... The Shore temple is a ticketed monument and remains open from 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM. (The author is a well-known travel writer. All images provided by the author.

6. The Shore Temple is the last monument built and was built from the top to the bottom, unlike most others in general. 7. Most of these monuments are monolithic, i.e. carved out of one single rock.

Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to India in October, we'd asked you dear readers, to send us photographs of Mamallapuram Shore Temple, the venue for the international summit between ...

The Shore Temple of Mahabalipuram in the state of Tamil Nadu had been identified by several sailors and navigators right since the 7th century. It was named as the Shore temple by foreigners in ...

A study finds that some of the sculptures in the Shore Temple are deteriorating ... of architecture and sculpture, Mahabalipuram, Rajendran frequents the temple overlooking the Bay of Bengal ...

Floodlights installed at the Five Rathas site and the Shore Temple in Mahabalipuram, to enable tourists to view the heritage structures after sunset, have not been functioning for a while now.