Olakkanatha temple(old light house) and New Light House in Mahabalipuram; Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu. Unesco's World Heritage Site

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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. Olakkanatha temple(old light house) and New Light House in Mahabalipuram; Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu. Unesco's World Heritage Site.

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Location: Mahabalipuram, Mamallapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Tamilnadu, South India, India.
Photo credit: © Muthuraman Vaithinathan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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