Mamallapuram is a small village near the sea which is very famous throughout India for the quality and delicacy of stone carvers.Often this village that are the most monumental Indian sculpture you can see in temples, houses and luxury hotels worldwide.
This is a great trip to make from Chennai to Pondicherry or both for the peace of his village and the quality of its craftsmanship! It is also a popular destination for Indian tourists and there is often a lot of people and colors! The monumental sculptures of the Pallava
Details of meditation Arjuna Les historic and artistic sites of Mamallapuram are among the oldest in Tamil Nadu, between the VII and VIII, it is under the Pallava dynasty, among the oldest in South India Mamallapuram that had its moment of glory.
You can start by exploring the extraordinary bas relief "Arjuna's meditation" or "the descent of the Ganges", carved directly into the wall of the hill behind the main temple of the village.
It is a wealth of detail, gods, ascetics, animals of all sizes and a succession of Hindu symbols that you can ask a local guide to explain! Several theories run, in fact, the significance of the relief.
The funniest of the frieze is also that you can watch the draft, realized there are more than 15 centuries by sculptors! Just a few meters upstream of the frieze now, you can see an outline of the frieze, but has not been completed due to lack of space.
The history and sculpture at Mamallapuram are everywhere and you find beautiful caves carved in the center of the city. so you can walk in the hills around the city center (particularly during the day, because there is no security or lighting at night).
The hills are covered with carved caves, small temples, roads, and a beautiful view over the village and sea from the headland on which the two lights are installed in the village.
Temple of shoreline along the merEnfin do not miss "the temple of the shore, which is one of the few temples of South India built near the sea and also one of the oldest (seventh century).
It was badly damaged by the spray and some sculptures are erased, but it remains a landmark temple, enchanting and quiet especially at sunrise and sunset.
The paradise of stone carvers
Sculptures MamallapuramIl still some treasures to discover in the village of Mamallapuram. First quarter sculptors, south of the city. Mamallapuram still has a college that trains young sculptors the ancestral techniques of the city. It's beautiful to walk between Ganesh, the Durga, representations of elephants, gigantic goddesses barely out of stone (usually granite) and shots of the sculptor chisels.
You can also find sculptures of green stone, the "marble", almost translucent, which changes color when it went underwater. two of the last five rathasEnfin gift that can offer Mamallapuram is the "five its rathas" or "5 tanks.
There are 5 monumental sculptures carved directly into huge blocks of granite from the sixth century. Each tank is a small temple dedicated to a great man or a deity of the Hindu pantheon.
This is a great trip to make from Chennai to Pondicherry or both for the peace of his village and the quality of its craftsmanship! It is also a popular destination for Indian tourists and there is often a lot of people and colors! The monumental sculptures of the Pallava
Details of meditation Arjuna Les historic and artistic sites of Mamallapuram are among the oldest in Tamil Nadu, between the VII and VIII, it is under the Pallava dynasty, among the oldest in South India Mamallapuram that had its moment of glory.
You can start by exploring the extraordinary bas relief "Arjuna's meditation" or "the descent of the Ganges", carved directly into the wall of the hill behind the main temple of the village.
It is a wealth of detail, gods, ascetics, animals of all sizes and a succession of Hindu symbols that you can ask a local guide to explain! Several theories run, in fact, the significance of the relief.
The funniest of the frieze is also that you can watch the draft, realized there are more than 15 centuries by sculptors! Just a few meters upstream of the frieze now, you can see an outline of the frieze, but has not been completed due to lack of space.
The history and sculpture at Mamallapuram are everywhere and you find beautiful caves carved in the center of the city. so you can walk in the hills around the city center (particularly during the day, because there is no security or lighting at night).
The hills are covered with carved caves, small temples, roads, and a beautiful view over the village and sea from the headland on which the two lights are installed in the village.
Temple of shoreline along the merEnfin do not miss "the temple of the shore, which is one of the few temples of South India built near the sea and also one of the oldest (seventh century).
It was badly damaged by the spray and some sculptures are erased, but it remains a landmark temple, enchanting and quiet especially at sunrise and sunset.
The paradise of stone carvers
Sculptures MamallapuramIl still some treasures to discover in the village of Mamallapuram. First quarter sculptors, south of the city. Mamallapuram still has a college that trains young sculptors the ancestral techniques of the city. It's beautiful to walk between Ganesh, the Durga, representations of elephants, gigantic goddesses barely out of stone (usually granite) and shots of the sculptor chisels.
You can also find sculptures of green stone, the "marble", almost translucent, which changes color when it went underwater. two of the last five rathasEnfin gift that can offer Mamallapuram is the "five its rathas" or "5 tanks.
There are 5 monumental sculptures carved directly into huge blocks of granite from the sixth century. Each tank is a small temple dedicated to a great man or a deity of the Hindu pantheon.
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