7th century Arjuna Penance world largest stone bas relief at Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu ,India. Unesco's World heritage site.
Mahabalipuram lies on the Coromandel Coast which faces the Bay of Bengal. It has various historic monuments built largely during the reigns of Narasimhavarman and his successor Rajasimhavarman (Pallava dynasty -between the 7th and the 9th century), and has been classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984. Arjuna's Penance or Bhagiratha's Penace at Mahabalipuram, measuring 96 feet (29 m) long by 43 feet (13 m) high, it is a giant open-air relief carved of the a monolithic rock. The legend depicted in the relief is the story of the descent of the sacred river Ganga to earth from the heavens led by Bhagirata. The bas-relief is also known as The Descent of Ganga.
Size: 5300px × 3533px
Location: Mahabalipuram, Mamallapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Tamilnadu, South India, India.
Photo credit: © Muthuraman Vaithinathan / Alamy / Afripics
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