Descent of the Ganges, known locally as Arjuna's Penance, is a monument at Mamallapuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, in the Chengalpattu district of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. M
Panoramic view of the Descent of the Ganges relief
The right side of the relief with foreign tourists and a guard, 1961
The panel of carvings viewed by women
Mamallapuram
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Mamallapuram is a town in Chengalpattu district in the southeastern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, best known for the UNESCO World Heritage Site of 7th- and 8th-century Hindu Group of Monuments at Mahaba
The town of Mahabalipuram
Panoramic view of Pancharatha temple
Shore Temple, the major monument in Mahabalipuram