Mamallapuram or recently called as Mahabalipuram is near Chennai, formerly Madras (names are pretty frequently changed I guess!). This place is one of the UNESCO's World Heritage sites. There are five temples in Mahabalipuram all of them are monoliths.
Believed to be built 2000 years ago (7th century), many monuments are lying unfinished here even today! The main attraction here are the Rock cut cave temples called mandapas, monolithic shrines – rathas, sculptured relief rock panels and the famous shore temple. These structures were built by three successive Pallava kings who developed the Dravidian style of temple architecture within a span of a hundred years.
I visited this picture in January this here and some of the pictures of Mamallapuram are published here:
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