Shore Temple And Mahabalipuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The Shore Temple Overlooks The Shore Of The Bay Of Bengal. It Is A Structural Temple, Built With Blocks Of Granite, Dating From The 8Th Century Ad. At The Time Of Its Creation, The Site Was A Busy Port During The Reign Of Narasimhavarman Ii Of The Pallava Dynasty. It Is One Of The Oldest Structural Versus Rock-Cut Stone Temples Of South India. The Group Of Monuments At Mahabalipuram Is A Collection Of 7Th- And 8Th-Century Ce Religious Monuments In The Coastal Resort Town Of Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, India And A Unesco World Heritage Site. The Site Has 400 Ancient Monuments And Tamil Religious Temples Including One Of The Largest Open-Air Rock Reliefs In The World: The Descent Of The Ganges Or Arjuna`s Penance. The Group Contains Several Categories Of Monuments: Ratha Temples With Monolithic Processional Chariots, Built Between 630 And 668; Mandapa Viharas Cave Temples With Narratives From The Mahabharata And Shaivic, Shakti And Vaishna Inscriptions In A Number Of Indian Languages And Scripts; Rock Reliefs Particularly Bas-Reliefs; Stone-Cut Temples Built Between 695 And 722, And Archaeological Excavations Dated To The 6Th Century And Earlier.

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