| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellore
|
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The deity being carried through the town in a rath (cart).
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellore
District : Vijayanagar Fort
|
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The entrance to Vijayanagar Fort passes over a moat.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellore
District : Vijayanagar Fort
|
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The fort dates from the 16th century.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellore
District : Vijayanagar Fort
|
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The fort is protected by a large moat.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellore
District : Vijayanagar Fort
|
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The fortifications are extensive.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellore
District : Vijayanagar Fort
|
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View from the walls.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellore
District : Vijayanagar Fort
|
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The fort is dominated by the Jalaakanteshwara Temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellore
District : Vijayanagar Fort
Site / Event : Jalaakanteshwara Temple
|
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Jalaakanteshwara Temple was built in 1566.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellore
District : Vijayanagar Fort
Site / Event : Jalaakanteshwara Temple
|
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The gopuram (temple gateway) is 34m high.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellore
District : Vijayanagar Fort
Site / Event : Jalaakanteshwara Temple
|
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The entrance gopuram of the temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellore
District : Vijayanagar Fort
Site / Event : Jalaakanteshwara Temple
|
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Carved columns.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
|
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Thatched house in Vellamalai, a village famous for its hilltop temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
|
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Local bus.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
|
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Farmer.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
|
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Young Tamil girl.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
|
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Villagers at a festival.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
|
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A village festival game.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
|
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Children watching the festival.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
|
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Breeding water buffalo.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
|
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Girl with a cow.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
Site / Event : Rath
|
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A rath (temple car) used to carry a Hindu god on parade.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
Site / Event : Rath
|
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Worshippers at a rath.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
Site / Event : Rath
|
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Carvings on the rath.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
Site / Event : Rath
|
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The large wooden wheels.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
|
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Farmers.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
|
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Father and son tending their field.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
|
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Woman carrying hay.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
|
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Girl.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
|
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Farming the land.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
|
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Farmers outside their house.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
|
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Planting crops.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
Site / Event : Murga Temple
|
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The Murga Temple is carved from solid rock at the top of a boulder strewn hill.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
Site / Event : Murga Temple
|
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The temple has a gopuram for its entrance.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
Site / Event : Murga Temple
|
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The bathing tank.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
Site / Event : Murga Temple
|
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Four pillared vimana in the pool.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
Site / Event : Murga Temple
|
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Pilgrims climbing the hill.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
Site / Event : Murga Temple
|
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All the structures of the temple are carved from the boulders on the hill.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
Site / Event : Murga Temple
|
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Visitors to the temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
Site / Event : Murga Temple
|
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Water tank carved from the solid rock.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
Site / Event : Murga Temple
|
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The main shrine of the temple, dedicated to Murga, Shiva's son.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
Site / Event : Murga Temple
|
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Entrance to the shrine set in a cave.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
Site / Event : Murga Temple
|
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Rugged landscape from the Murga Temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
Site / Event : Murga Temple
|
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The summit of the hill.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
|
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Mother and her children.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
|
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Family returning from the market.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
|
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Kanchipuram was the capital of south India for over 500 years and controlled large parts of Asia.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
|
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Hindu street procession in this town of temples.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
|
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Temple elephant collecting money from shops.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
|
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The town is a popular place for pilgrims.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Vaikun Taperumal Temple
|
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The 8th century Vaikun Taperumal Temple is one of several in the town.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Vaikun Taperumal Temple
|
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The vimana (decorated stone roof) is over an image of Shiva bedecked with jewels.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Vaikun Taperumal Temple
|
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The 1000 pillared hall in the 8th century Vaikun Taperumal Temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Vaikun Taperumal Temple
|
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Carved figures in the temple walls.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Kamakshiamman Temple
|
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The gopuram (gateway) of the Kamakshiamman Temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Kamakshiamman Temple
|
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A gopuram is elaborately carved and is typical of later Tamil temples.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Kamakshiamman Temple
|
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The gopuram carvings include erotic, well endowed females.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Kamakshiamman Temple
|
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The 1000 pillar hall is typical of Tamil temples.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Kamakshiamman Temple
|
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The 1000 pillared hall is used for marriages.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Kamakshiamman Temple
|
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Erotic carving on a pillar.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Kamakshiamman Temple
|
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Bathing tanks are typical of Tamil temples.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Kamakshiamman Temple
|
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Temple elephants.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Kamakshiamman Temple
|
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The nearby Athivarathar Temple from the complex.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Kailasanatha Temple
|
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The Kailasanatha temple is in a rural part of town.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Kailasanatha Temple
|
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The Kailasanatha Temple dates from the 7th century and is an early example of Tamil architecture.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Kailasanatha Temple
|
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Shiva's bull (Nandi).
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Kailasanatha Temple
|
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Elaborate early Tamil stonework.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Kailasanatha Temple
|
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An early example of a 1000 pillar hall.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Kailasanatha Temple
|
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Carved pillars are typical of south Indian temples.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Kailasanatha Temple
|
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Detail of stone carvings.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Kailasanatha Temple
|
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Carving of Shiva with his trident.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Ekambareshwara Temple
|
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The 8th century Ekambareshwara Temple is fronted by a 59m high 15th century gopuram.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Ekambareshwara Temple
|
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The gopuram entrance is enormous.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Ekambareshwara Temple
|
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The painted Nandi, Shiva's bull.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Ekambareshwara Temple
|
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The bathing tank.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Ekambareshwara Temple
|
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Typical Tamil architecture in the temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Ekambareshwara Temple
|
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The interior of the 1000 Pillared Hall.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Varadarajaperumal Temple
|
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The 16th century Varadarajaperumal Temple is dedicated to Vishnu.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Varadarajaperumal Temple
|
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The entrance of the gopuram.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Varadarajaperumal Temple
|
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The temple courtyard.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Varadarajaperumal Temple
|
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Carved ballustrade.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Varadarajaperumal Temple
|
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The Varadarajaperumal Temple is famous for its chains carved from a single piece of rock.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Varadarajaperumal Temple
|
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Bathers at the tank.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Varadarajaperumal Temple
|
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Carved vimanas.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Varadarajaperumal Temple
|
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Every column is different in the 1000 pillar hall.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Varadarajaperumal Temple
|
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Carved stone roof.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Varadarajaperumal Temple
|
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Stone carved column.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Varadarajaperumal Temple
|
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Three Tamil children.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Varadarajaperumal Temple
|
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Pilgrim from the north Indian state of Rajasthan.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Varadarajaperumal Temple
|
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Brother and sister at the temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
Site / Event : Varadarajaperumal Temple
|
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Sleeping woman.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
|
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Woman preparing cow pats for fuel.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
|
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The Shore Temples at Mahabalipuram are a UNESCO World Heritage site.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
|
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Mahabalipuram is a 5th century capital city famous for its shore temples made of sandstone.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
|
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Sandstone cows and bulls.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
|
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The complex is famous for its carved rocks depicting scenes from Hindu mythology.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
Site / Event : Ajuna's Penance
|
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Ajuna's Penance is carving of the story of the River Ganges.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
Site / Event : Ajuna's Penance
|
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The two elephants.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
Site / Event : Ajuna's Penance
|
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The spectacular carvings date from the 6th century.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
Site / Event : Ajuna's Penance
|
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The carvings on a large sandstone boulder.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
Site / Event : Ajuna's Penance
|
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Detail of Ajuna's Penance.
|
1989 |
were added from 1 February 2025.