Mamallapuran (Tamil Nadur) - February 2nd, 2007

This place is about 2 hours north of Pondicherry, also on the Bay of Bengal. It's a oastal village with lots of ancient rock carvings. In the way there, the bus broke down, but luckily another one was able to rescue us and take us there.
In this little town, half of the people are tourists. I went by the beach to see the Shore Temple on the sunset light, which stands along and magestic, facing the Bay of Bengal. This one represents the final phase of the Palava art. This town is renowned center for stone carving. You will see and hear the hammer and hisel as the artisans chip away their scultures.