The former port city of Mahabalipuram, located in southern India is an important historical town of the country. The town is located in Tamil Nadu state in the district of Kancheepuram.
Mahabalipuram in earlier times was a busy port town where there was constant trading of goods to and from the country took place. The town was created during the seventh century and was also the port during the Pallava dynasty rule.
The tourism industry of Mahabalipuram is flourishing with the exotic beaches and ornate stone and rock carvings to view which tourists flock the town from far and near. Mahabalipuram tourism includes packages for tourists where the main attractions are the temples of Mahabalipuram including rock carvings and sculptures.
The tourist places around Mahabalipuram include beautiful beaches like the Covelong beach where one can find resorts and recreational activities base to relax. The resorts of Covelong have a number of relaxing spas for tourists who like to unwind from the daily hustle of life. It is located at a distance of around 19 kms from historic town Mahabalipuram. The Crocodile bank is another of the tourist places around Mahabalipuram where tourists can view thousands of crocodiles lying on the sands. This bank was created by Romulus Whitaker, an American in the year 1976 for the conservation of the crocodile species. The Crocodile Bank is situated at a distance of 14 kms from temple town Mahabalipuram.
Kancheepuram, the temple town which is famous as the home to thousand temples is located around 65 kms from Mahabalipuram and have a number of temples built during the Pallava dynasty. The city of Kancheepuram is also famed for the silk saree industry located here.
Mahabalipuram tourism also includes the bird sanctuary Vedanthagal, where bird lovers can catch a glimpse of many migratory birds and different rare species of birds like storks and flamingos. The sanctuary is located from Mahabalipuram at a distance of 53 kms.
The tourist places around Mahabalipuram also include the Mahabalipuram beach, a white sandy beach stretch far for tourists to take a long walk along the sea. The beach also offers a picturesque view of the sea and the dawn and dusk view from the beach is splendid in itself.
The temples of Mahabalipuram depict the events of Mahabharata and were built largely during the Pallava reign. There are also cave temples carved out of the rocks and dedicated to Gods ad Goddesses.
ShoreTemple and Vardha cave Temple are some of the religious tourist places around Mahabalipuram. The ShoreTemple is located on the shore of the Bay of Bengal and has numerous structures inside it. The Vardha cave Temple is a temple carved out of rocks and was created during the seventh century.
There is another templeThirukadalmallai which was constructed during the Pallava reign. In those times, the structures around the temple were eroded by the sea as they were near to the sea. For this the king in reign from the Pallava dynasty during that time constructed this Thirukadalmallai temple dedicated to Vishnu God to protect the structures and temple carvings from getting eroded by the sea.
Another of important tourist places around Mahabalipuram includes the Pancha Rathas. The Pancha Rathas which means five chariots, are structures built and named after the five Pandavas from Mahabharata namely Arjuna, Bhima, Yudhishtra, Nakula and Sahadeva and also dedicated to their wife Draupadi. The Pancha Rathas bear an astonishing feature that these five chariots were built from one piece of huge stone.
Mahabalipuram tourism also features other tourist places like the Tiger cave, SubmergedTemple, historic light house from the year 1894 and many other beautiful stone carvings.
There have been many recent excavations conducted across the historic town of Mahabalipuram which gifted the town many beautiful and of prime essence historical sculptures. Some of these sculptures portrayed religious entity and few portrayed historical essence.
Mahabalipuram in earlier times was a busy port town where there was constant trading of goods to and from the country took place. The town was created during the seventh century and was also the port during the Pallava dynasty rule.
The tourism industry of Mahabalipuram is flourishing with the exotic beaches and ornate stone and rock carvings to view which tourists flock the town from far and near. Mahabalipuram tourism includes packages for tourists where the main attractions are the temples of Mahabalipuram including rock carvings and sculptures.
The tourist places around Mahabalipuram include beautiful beaches like the Covelong beach where one can find resorts and recreational activities base to relax. The resorts of Covelong have a number of relaxing spas for tourists who like to unwind from the daily hustle of life. It is located at a distance of around 19 kms from historic town Mahabalipuram. The Crocodile bank is another of the tourist places around Mahabalipuram where tourists can view thousands of crocodiles lying on the sands. This bank was created by Romulus Whitaker, an American in the year 1976 for the conservation of the crocodile species. The Crocodile Bank is situated at a distance of 14 kms from temple town Mahabalipuram.
Kancheepuram, the temple town which is famous as the home to thousand temples is located around 65 kms from Mahabalipuram and have a number of temples built during the Pallava dynasty. The city of Kancheepuram is also famed for the silk saree industry located here.
Mahabalipuram tourism also includes the bird sanctuary Vedanthagal, where bird lovers can catch a glimpse of many migratory birds and different rare species of birds like storks and flamingos. The sanctuary is located from Mahabalipuram at a distance of 53 kms.
The tourist places around Mahabalipuram also include the Mahabalipuram beach, a white sandy beach stretch far for tourists to take a long walk along the sea. The beach also offers a picturesque view of the sea and the dawn and dusk view from the beach is splendid in itself.
The temples of Mahabalipuram depict the events of Mahabharata and were built largely during the Pallava reign. There are also cave temples carved out of the rocks and dedicated to Gods ad Goddesses.
ShoreTemple and Vardha cave Temple are some of the religious tourist places around Mahabalipuram. The ShoreTemple is located on the shore of the Bay of Bengal and has numerous structures inside it. The Vardha cave Temple is a temple carved out of rocks and was created during the seventh century.
There is another templeThirukadalmallai which was constructed during the Pallava reign. In those times, the structures around the temple were eroded by the sea as they were near to the sea. For this the king in reign from the Pallava dynasty during that time constructed this Thirukadalmallai temple dedicated to Vishnu God to protect the structures and temple carvings from getting eroded by the sea.
Another of important tourist places around Mahabalipuram includes the Pancha Rathas. The Pancha Rathas which means five chariots, are structures built and named after the five Pandavas from Mahabharata namely Arjuna, Bhima, Yudhishtra, Nakula and Sahadeva and also dedicated to their wife Draupadi. The Pancha Rathas bear an astonishing feature that these five chariots were built from one piece of huge stone.
Mahabalipuram tourism also features other tourist places like the Tiger cave, SubmergedTemple, historic light house from the year 1894 and many other beautiful stone carvings.
There have been many recent excavations conducted across the historic town of Mahabalipuram which gifted the town many beautiful and of prime essence historical sculptures. Some of these sculptures portrayed religious entity and few portrayed historical essence.
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