[ Shore Temple, Mahabalipuram ]South coast
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Shore Temple
A granite temple on the seafront, survivor of the Pallava workshop. Mahabalipuram →
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History
The Shore Temple at Mahabalipuram, built around 700 CE under the Pallava king Narasimhavarman II, is the oldest stone temple in South India and a UNESCO site. Perched on the Coromandel coast, its twin shrines to Shiva and one to Vishnu were once part of a seven-temple complex, most of which now lies beneath the sea. It is at its finest at sunrise over the Bay of Bengal.
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