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Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Mahabalipuram August 24th 2020

After a gap of almost a year i decided to move on towards Tamil Nadu coastal life at Mahabalipuram. Mahabs which is recently called by the locals residing near the beach for which their daily life moves with fishing with selling at plenty of home stays which is situated at the beach. At Mahabalipuram staying at Bob Marley Cafe & Beach House which is cozy and trippy with a view of the sea. Relaxing with peace and roaming within the town and some photography of the great work of stone carvings done in the early stages of life during 17-18 century which is still preserved and recognized by UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Mixture of some dry heat and some cool winds flowing from the sea towards the town and the best of all is to drink ... read more
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Mahabs

Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Mahabalipuram March 6th 2019

Retour en arrière. Date : 11 janvier dernier. Etat d’esprit : le cœur léger et le bagage mince, j’étais heureux d’enfin quitter Paris. Lieu : Charles-de-Gaulle. Je réalise cette envie de départ sans billet retour, sans date avérée qui serait une contrainte. Je peux rentrer dans 15 jours (peu probable, sauf catastrophe humanitaire, fuite de gaz ou diarrhée sévère !), dans un mois ou dans trois mois. J’ai juste fixé un délai maxi pour retrouver Tom durant les vacances de printemps. J’aurai toujours le choix dans la date (Haha !) et le choix du lieu (ça marche moins…). Je veux être libre, libéré, libertin, libertaire, même si tout cela n’est que temporaire et pas forcément dans le bon ordre ? Cette liberté cérébrale m’est vite retirée par des contraintes réglementaires dès l’enregistrement de mon sac. On ... read more
ECOLIERE JOYEUSE
HOMME DE COTE
MYSORE PALACE

Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Mahabalipuram December 16th 2016

All the monuments we had visited yesterday were free so today we decided to get the day pass and visit the two main temples in the village. The first was the Five Rathas (Chariots) which are 5 houses carved from a single rock. Taking it into perspective of being carved in 9th century they are pretty impressive. They were discovered covered in sand by the English 200 years ago which is why they are still in reasonable condition. We met a family from Hyderabad who offered some of their picnic lunch. They failed at identifying the usual answer to Where is New Zealand. Normally if you say same place as Bendon MacCullum comes from they know instantly. The second visit was to the Shore Temple. It's on a small peninsula overlooking the beach on the Bay ... read more
Recycling message with stone carvings
Five Rathas
Where's santa

Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Mahabalipuram December 15th 2016

Mahabalipuram is a small town ( pop. 66,000) south of Chennai. It's a 'resort' town with lots of development along the beach. We have met people on holiday from all over India here. It's also part of what is described as a 'backpackistan' - one of the Indian back packer towns. Geographically it's flat with a large ( approx 10 hectares) granite rock hill on the western side. It's here back in 9th century the locals mastered the art of stone construction on a large scale. Most of the individual temples are crafted out of a single rock or from a rock face. We took a wander around the hill monuments on our first morning and then down to the bench in the late afternoon.... read more
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Intricate detail
Roof pillars

Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Mahabalipuram September 20th 2016

A great week, visiting Mahabalipuram, Pondicherry, Chennai and Kanchipuram...... read more
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Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Mahabalipuram February 13th 2016

Geo: 12.6165, 80.194... read more

Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Mahabalipuram September 23rd 2015

The flight… Long but uneventful. We watched Spy (decent), Hoff My Chest (a BBC mock-umentary staring David Hasselhoff playing David Hasselhoff in an attempt to revive his career in England) and fell asleep to Mad Max. Obviously things have got civilized again in the world (?) as it was the first flight in years where we had a proper knife and fork instead of their useless plastic cousins. Arrived at 3:30am to a busy Chennai international airport. After such a long flight we were thankful that it only took about half an hour to collect bags, get through customs and immigration. My niece / wonder-friend, Dhvani had kindly organized a car to pick us up and we were thankful for that as it looked a little random if we were to get a taxi provided by ... read more
Sunrise
Breakfast
Yum

Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Mahabalipuram February 14th 2015

Mahabalipuram is a UNESCO world heritage site. In the 7th and 8th centuries the Pallava kings built a number of monuments right on the seashore of what was then a major part. They comprise rathas (temples in the form of chariots), mandapas (cave sanctuaries), giant open-air reliefs such as 'Arjuna's Penance' and the Shore Temple. The Shore Temple is our first stop. We pick up a government guide at the parking lot, with the apparent approval of our driver. The Shore Temple was built out of granite and is on the beach, although fenced off from it and surrounded by grass. The carvings are heavily eroded by wind and sea spray and some are pretty difficult to di... read more
The five rathas
Hello, what your name
Arjuna's penance

Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Mahabalipuram February 13th 2015

Mr Hussain tells us we need to leave Chennai by 8am, so we’re up at 6.45 to pack and have breakfast. It’s a two hour drive to Kanchipuram, where there are numerous temples of apparently great renown. This seems odd as it’s not all that far away, but of course we’d forgotten how long it takes to inch your way out of an Indian city. Several times we think we are reaching the edge of the town only for it all to start up again, but gradually the traffic thins and the houses and apartment blocks are replaced by open ground interspersed with factories. Samsung, Honda and Hyundai all have big factories, with company buses lined up outside. We suspect the workers have to get up a lot earlier than us. Spot on time, we draw ... read more
The temple tank
temple carving
I wish he didn't make me read about temples....

Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Mahabalipuram February 12th 2015

Well, i managed to post some pictures, tried to add captions but failed, still working out the kinks. So basically the first three are from Chennai, the rest from Mammallapuram. Will work on getting it altogether for the next post. Well we made it! Arrived safely on Tues night after 28 hrs of travel. Chennai was a bit of a work out for the senses, an assault of sights, sounds and smells. Not overly hot,very pleasant in fact at 23C. We did as much exploring as the jet lag would allow. We explored a few temple complexes and the Basillica of San Tomme, where we witnessed a wedding in progress.Took a stroll along the prominade at Marina Beach. The food so far has been delicious and very inexpensive, lunch can be had for around $2 and ... read more
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