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The Indian Steve Irwin
This is a top pick! ... as much from the fence. However, the fact that we were tourists wasn't just obvious to the ticket taker. Mahabalipuram's current staple of industry lies in it's stone sculptures, and the streets around the ruins are filled with the sound of ...
Weekend Trip to a Beach House
... meat and maybe I'll be happier all around! But despite spending 20 hours in a bus, this was definitely the best weekend I've had so far! Highly recommend Mahabalipuram to anyone that wants a weekend with culture, beach, and a small town ...
Mahabalipuram : Krishna Mandapam
Krishna Mandapam is a carved out of the monolethic stone. It is located to the left side of Arjuna's penance. Story depicts Lord Krishna lifting the Govardhana hill to protect the villages from warth of Indra, king of gods. Gokula reminds one of Cows, ...
Krishna's Butterball
... was intense, Legs were tired, Kids were exhausted, Stomachs were hungry, Throats were thirsty, Watch was showing just short of 1 pm. So we decided to call it the time to end Mahabalipuram site seeing and take the lunch break. ...
All Smiles in Tamil Nadu
... We met our guide for the day and Manoj at the car, and Manoj had even gotten me a small present of a local stonework. Mahabalipuram is a place known for its great stone carvings and there are still a lot of people doing the work today making mostly ...
Templo en la playa
En el taxi desde Pondicherry llegamos a eso de las 8 am a Mamallapuram, o Mahabalipuram, ya que casi todas las ciudades tienen mas de una denominacion. Aqui vimos mas templos, hay uno sobre la playa casi totalmente erosionado por el agua. Los templos de ...
Historic town
Mahabalipuram is a small town but incredibly picturesque. It has a lovely atmosphere and known for its beautiful stone carvings. Unlike Chennai, the area was well kept and clean. We visted a famous temple here called Shore temple. Originally there were a ...
Mahabalipuram Shore Temple
... is no no pooja being offered as of now There is a saying that some Chinese king wanted to build temples like the ones in india, he sent some architects from China to learn the temple art here. It appears that the Pallava king tested them. They seems to ...
Overnight Train Journey
We take a two buses into Chennai only to take a train straight back out again and by all accounts that's the best thing to do here! We've heard it's a dusty hell hole and from what we saw it looked like it too, sorry Chennai but we didn't even give ...
Mahabalipuram, India
... from Chennai was quick and easy, if a little loud (tip, never sit under one of the speakers). Rather than drive into Mahabalipuram I was dropped at the end of the road leading into the village and given the instruction 'auto!'. There was an auto already ...
Lunch at Mahabalipuram & Drive on East Coast Road
... . Destination was Tranquebar, We were almost 1.5 hours behind schedule as per our original plan. Our route was Mahabalipuram - Pondicherry - Cuddalore - Chidambaram-Tharangabadi (or Tranquebar). Google maps shows this distance as 214 KMs. Our plan was to ...
Midnight hour on the Jetty
Big boys decided to take a stroll around, had a converation with the reception staff about the attractions of the place and eventually walked to the near by brick/stone jetty. At 10 o'clock, three idiots were sitting on the jetty and discussing ...
Tsunami Tour in India
... say over 10 meters high) many people died and all their livelihoods were destroyed and swept away. We were also in southern India when another Tsunami hit Indonisia. Even though this Tsunami didn't hit India, all the fishermen were scared. For 4 days ...
A whirlwind tour of Tamil Nadu's heritage sites
... history and architecture of Mammalapuram at: http://www.tamilnation.org/culture/architecture/mahabalipuram.htm http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_whs_mahabalipuram.asp Stone sculptors ...
Solo travels
... morning i was wondering at the fact that i feel as though i must have seen a million women on the streets and towns of india but i don't think i've seen two saris that were just alike. i think negotiating things on my own this week will be the ...
Mahabalipuram : Five Stone Chariots
It appears that the Pallava King was a fan of Pandava's and he built these as a rememberance to the Pandava brothers and their wife Draupadi. Imagine in those days also women demanded seperate vehicles for them, and it was indeed a compact Ratha, at ...
Mahabalipuram : Arjuna's Penance
Arjuna's Penance is considered the largest open-air bas-relief in the world. Carved on the side of a cliff is an elaborate depiction of one of the scenes from the epic Mahabharata. Arjuna is doing the penance to obtain a special weapon (Pashupatha Astra) ...
Getting roasted like a lamb in 38 deg C
38 deg centigrade on the southern east coast of India during noon time will be hot and humid for sure. After roaming in the hot sun we were begining to sweat a lot. When we saw this cactus plant, we began to feel the pre-nycil talcom powder effect. The ...
About Mahabalipuram
... I, was also known as Mahamalla ('great wrestler') or Mamalla, and after him the Pallavas' main port at Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram) was named. The monuments at Mahabalipuram can be grouped as follows according to the mode of their construction: (i) ...
Mammallapurim
February 10 Spent today on a guided tour of the area around Madras. Our first stop was RVP Golden Beach - a sort of Indian Disneyland (in the same way that Bathurst Leagues Club is sort of an Australian Las Vegas). This is apparently where rich ...
Up, up and away
... a night, I'm not the only one who likes the room. I'm sharing the room with about a million mosquitoes. Now although Mahabalipuram is just a small place, I was surprised to see two familiar faces, Stan and Yasmine, walking about who I'd just left ...
Happy Diwali!!!
... of crackers bursting in the background, I had to smile. What a crazy thought to think that I had just spent Diwali here in India. I know things are never exactly as I plan them, not even close sometimes, but many times they turn out great anyway. Yes ...
Skype and Cooking tips
... for a long time for 0$. Also, you can buy Skype credit to call from a computer to a landline for unbeatable rates, such as India to Canada for 2.5 cents. When I called my parents on the phone before, the quality was very bad and there was a long delay ...
Indische Götterfiguren und Einstein
Am naechsten Tag machte ich mich auf in die Backpackerenklave Mamallapuram. Dort war ich sehr positiv ueberrascht, als ich ein paar sehr nette Daenen traf, die ich an meinem zweiten Tag in Bombay kennengelernt hatte! Wir verlebten drei sehr schoene Tage ...
Elephants and Fish
... in the late afternoon. This site had some beautiful rock-cut temples plus animal carvings, including a very impressive life-size elephant. Mahabalipuram is a lot more laid back than the sites we visited in the north. It is famous for its sculptures of ...
Day 192- National Heritage Spot
I left this morning around 9:30 and headed to Mahabalipuram which is a small town known for its stone carvings. I originally planned on staying there for the night but the town didn’t impress me at all. The carving were huge and very ...
Visit to the city of Mahabalipuran, India
... city. The drive to Mahabalipuran was very interesting. As you will see by the pictures it is a rather poor part of India; however, it manages to have some of the most amazing sites. We visited the Five Rathas which is a site from over ...
Anden dag - nu med billeder
Hej igen Hvilken luksus det er at kunne komme paa nettet hele tiden. Der er mange steder hvor man kan komme paa, til ca 5 kr i timen... saa det er jo virkelig billigt. Desvaere kan vi ikke uploade billeder da vi tror der er kommet virus paa vores ...
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