Mahabalipuram
Tamil Nadu
(Goa, Kerala & South India)
Mahabalipuram, also known as Mamallapuram is a town that saw major development under South Indian King Narasimhavarman I of the Pallava dynasty. Today, the assemblage of impressive monuments at Mahabalipuram has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site visited by scores of domestic and foreign travelers each year. People travel to take in the splendor of Dravidian architecture that contains Buddhist influence in the stone fashioned monolithic sculptures.