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Best Tourist Places in Mahabalipuram: Discover the top places of Mahabalipuram

The town is situated on Coromandel Coast in the Bay of Bengal, in Tamil Nadu. The serenity, the attractive atmosphere and the impressive habitat with beautiful white sandy beaches, with casuarina trees making Mahabalipuram a must visit destination.

Best Tourist Places in Mahabalipuram: Discover the top places of Mahabalipuram

Mahabalipuram is famous for its sophisticated carved temples and rock-cut caves, Mahabalipuram is a historically important and well-known tourist location located on the Coromandel Coast along the Bay of Bengal, in the state of Tamil Nadu. Once the home of the famous demon king Mahabali, Mahabalipuram which was later renamed Mamallapuram.


Important tourist spots include the UNESCO world heritage site Group of Monuments like the Shore Temple and the Five Rathas, the Crocodile Bank which is has some exquisite species of crocodiles and alligators, and the beach resorts in Kovalam and Sadras. 
 

Arjuna's Penance, Mahabalipuram

 
The Arjuna's Penance is a huge rock-cut relief, which is one of the largest in the whole world, located in Mahabalipuram of Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu. The Arjuna's Penance is also known by the name 'Descent of the Ganges' because the structure showcases either or both of these two significant and symbolic events of Hindu mythology, thus making it a famous attractive spot among historians, scholars, academics as well as tourists.

 

Arjuna's Penance, Mahabalipuram
Arjuna's Penance, Mahabalipuram

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