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Mary Ann Campbell | profile | all galleries >> Travel photos: India, Turkey, Alaska, and Europe >> India: Winter 2005-2006 >> Mamallapuram tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Mamallapuram | Ellora Caves | Ajanta Caves | Kerala backwaters | Kochi | Coonoor and Kodai | Ooty | Thekkady | Karla Caves | Madurai | Mumbai: Kanheri Caves | Mumbai | Hampi: Sacred Center | Hampi: Royal Center | Mysore | Siebel Technology Center | Bangalore, Dec. 2005 | Singapore Bus Tour, Dec. 2005

Mamallapuram

Mamallapuram was a kingdom created by early Tamil dynasty between 5th and 8th centuries. The landscape reminded me of Hampi with huge boulders everywhere, but the surroundings are much more lush than Hampi.

The objects in every photo between the huge boulder (Krishna's Butter Ball) and the man with the coconuts was carved out of one gigantic rock.

I need to do some research to find out more about the carvings.
Krishna's Butter Ball
Krishna's Butter Ball		 g3/46/489746/3/54851408.mam03.jpg g3/46/489746/3/54851409.mam04.jpg Krishna Mandapam
Krishna Mandapam
g3/46/489746/3/54851411.mam06.jpg Krishna Mandapam
Krishna Mandapam		 Krishna Mandapam
Krishna Mandapam		 Ceiling painting
Ceiling painting
Arjuna's Penance
Arjuna's Penance		 Slide for children of carvers
Slide for children of carvers		 g3/46/489746/3/54851425.mam12.jpg Fissure in rock originally had water from the Ganges flowing down
Fissure in rock originally had water from the Ganges flowing down
Finished at the top; unfinished at the bottom
Finished at the top; unfinished at the bottom		 Medicinal tree at unfinished end of rock
Medicinal tree at unfinished end of rock		 Unfinished temple
Unfinished temple		 g3/46/489746/3/54851430.mam18.jpg
Bull, and domestic scenes
Bull, and domestic scenes		 Domestic scenes
Domestic scenes		 g3/46/489746/3/54851433.mam22.jpg Bull
Bull
Lions
Lions		 Gita, my guide here
Gita, my guide here		 All from one huge rock
All from one huge rock		 Elephant built to scale
Elephant built to scale
Bull
Bull		 g3/46/489746/3/54851451.mam31.jpg g3/46/489746/3/54851452.mam32.jpg g3/46/489746/3/54851453.mam33.jpg
g3/46/489746/3/54851454.mam34.jpg g3/46/489746/3/54851455.mam37.jpg g3/46/489746/3/54851456.mam38.jpg Coconut seller
Coconut seller
Granite carver
Granite carver		 g3/46/489746/3/54851462.mam42.jpg g3/46/489746/3/54851463.mam45.jpg Entrance to Shore Temple
Entrance to Shore Temple
Shore Temple
Shore Temple		 g3/46/489746/3/54851469.mam53.jpg View from Shore Temple
View from Shore Temple		 Wall I liked
Wall I liked
Shrine to Shiva
Shrine to Shiva		 Walk at my hotel
Walk at my hotel		 Crow on my hotel room balcony
Crow on my hotel room balcony		 g3/46/489746/3/54851472.mam60.jpg
Beach at my hotel
Beach at my hotel		 Remnant of catamaran
Remnant of catamaran

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Khairy Alsaraby 16-Oct-2011 14:30
Attn on Duty,
Good Day,
I like to get more information about Shams Agra and his Vase Portrait like sight or email

Thank you
Khairy Alsaraby
kalsa_99@yahoo.com
USA
Marco 'nd Arianna 18-Feb-2007 14:15
Beautiful photos!!!!
We are going soon to Mamallapuram!!!
Thanks.
Vijay 03-Feb-2006 00:47
There is no special story about the butter ball.... It just looks like a butter ball! And we have always attached special meanings to the natural formations... Krishna one of the hindu gods was known to love butter when he was a kid. Such a nice natural formation thus needs to get that name (of course IMHO).

This place is amazing.

Wonderful pictures.... Makes me want to go back! Wait a minute, I was there for a few moments :)
Andrys Basten23-Jan-2006 01:22
Wonderful pictures of the carvings !!

What's the story on Krishna's Butter Ball ?
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