Gaja-Lakshmi seated on lotus and bathed by elephants and attended by nymphs in Varaha Cave in Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu.

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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. Varaha Cave Temple is a small monolithic rock-cut temple with a mandapam dating from the 7th century. Gaja Lakshmi seated on Lotus and bathed by elephant and attended by nymphs in Varaha Cave.

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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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