Mamallapuran (Tamil Nadur) - February 3rd, 2007

I spent all morning exploring the temples, mandapams and rock carvings around Mamallapuram. Another famous one is "Five Rathas", rok ut temples that looks like chariots. Only 1/3 km. from the sea, they were hidden in the sand until the British excavate them 200 years ago.
There is also a relief carving on the face of a huge rock with images of animals, deities and others. It measures 30 mts. by 12 mts. Krishna's Butter Ball is a huge boulder balaned on a narrow base. The light house is amongst all these temples and boulders. Photography is forbiden from here for seurity reasons (there is a nuclear power station a few kilometers south). In the afternoon I took a long walk to Ideal Beach, 4 kms. north of town, and walked down the coast shore passing thru several beaches, ending up on Sea Shore Temple beach where the fishermen were getting their nets ready for sea.
There was only one person swimming during all that time, and he was pretty far away from the shore. I was concerned about him sine they said that there are undercurrent waters in those beaches of the Bay of Bengal.