The Shore temple

Incredible India

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January 13th 2010
Geo: 12.6264, 80.1722 MahaballipuramMahabalipuram is A World Heritage town 60km, south of Chennai and was once a port of the Pallavas, During the 6th and 7th centuries, the Pallavas created many marvellous monuments with Sculptural Panels, Caves, Monolithic Rathas (chariots) and Temples which were chiselled out of the rocks emphasising the earthly beauty. [PHO ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more