Mahabalipuram Shore Temple
Eighth-century granite temple on the sea's edge, with twin Shiva shrines and a reclining Vishnu.
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This guide to the Shore Temple at Mahabalipuram, south of Chennai, starts on the seabed in early two thousand five, with archaeologists diving off this beach after the Indian Ocean tsunami. It follows fishermen's reports from the morning the sea drew back, and the old sailors' legend of the Seven Pagodas. You'll hear about Rajasimha, the Pallava king behind one of South India's earliest free-standing stone temples. Best heard facing the water beside the temple.
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