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Mahabalipuram
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Mamallapuram (also known as Mahabalipuram), is a town in Chengalpattu district in the southeastern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, best known for the UNESCO World Heritage Site of 7th- and 8th-century Hindu Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram. It is one of the famous tourist sites in India. The ancient name of the place is Thirukadalmallai. It is a part of Chennai Metropolitan Area. It is a satellite town of Chennai.
Mahabalipuram is a town in Tamil Nadu, India, famous for its UNESCO World Heritage Site containing Hindu monuments built in the 7th and 8th centuries. It ranks among India's most visited tourist destinations and serves as a satellite town near Chennai.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Mamallapuram
- Settlement.official_name
- Mamallapuram
- Settlement.other_name
- Mahabalipuram
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Suburb of Chennai
- Settlement.image_skyline
- A collage of Mamallapuram town Tamil Nadu India.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The town of Mahabalipuram
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- India Tamil Nadu
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- left
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- Country
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- India
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- State
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- Tamil Nadu
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- District
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- Chengalpattu
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- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 12.568
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 12
- Settlement.population_total
- 15172
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Named after
- Narasimhavarman I
- Official name
- மகாபலிபுரம்)
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Tamil Nadu
- Population
- 12049
- Elevation
- 12
- Image
- Mamallapuram, The Shore Temple 2, India.jpg
- Dialing code
- 91-44
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- Mahabalipuram
- topic's main category
- Category:Mahabalipuram
- postal code
- 603104
- P12749
- László Moholy-Nagy
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Mamallapuram (also known as Mahabalipuram), is a town in Chengalpattu district in the southeastern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, best known for the UNESCO World Heritage Site of 7th- and 8th-century Hindu Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram. It is one of the famous tourist sites in India. The ancient name of the place is Thirukadalmallai. It is a part of Chennai Metropolitan Area. It is a satellite town of Chennai.
Mamallapuram was one of two major port cities in the Pallava kingdom. The town was named after Pallava king Narasimhavarman I, who was also known as Mamalla. Along with economic prosperity, it became the site of a group of royal monuments, many carved out of the living rock. These are dated to the 7th and 8th centuries: rathas (temples in the form of chariots), mandapas (cave sanctuaries), the giant open-air rock relief the Descent of the Ganges, and the Shore Temple dedicated to Shiva. The contemporary town plan was established by the British Raj in 1827.
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