Stones do speak! . Review on Mahabalipuram

Mahabalipuram, also known as Mamallapuram, is a place of attraction for many centuries since the days of Pallava King Narasimha I. It is about 1400 years old and is the spot for architectural excellence. It culminates the sense of art and architecture in the minds of people who lived on this planet before us. Stones were carved into temples, sculptures, chariots. Many people say that ''PanchaRatha'' sculptures depicts the 5 pandavas in Mahabharatha. Shore Temple, as it called due to its proximity to the sea shore, is definitely a piece of marvel in the architectural genius. It seems that those sculptures are built and carved keeping some arithmetic in their mind.

There is a Lighthouse nearby from where the sailing and docking ships are managed in those days. Next to it is a Maha Kali Temple, another stone-carved temple on top of a huge stone. One could see the whole of chennai town(some 25kms ) looking from the cliff of the temple stone. This particular temple seems to be used in ancient days as fortress for king's hideout. To be reasonable or realistic, the neighbourhood has have many sculptor families who live on carving and sculpting. It is their day-to-day profession. When approaching the Mahabalipuram, a one or two kilometers ahead, there is a place called Tiger Caves. It has a tiger-headed stone and a fighting-arena as you'd seen in Gladiator. Not so that big enough!.

I visited mahapalipuram, a fortnight ago, a long time wish from the days of my childhood, and is a heart-longing-fulfilled trip. I felt as bad as a dirty dog to roam around the beach near by in a sun-scorching day. Luckily, we are 19 in members belonging to a training project out of which 15 are from japan.

To them, it is a total amusement on the history and theme behind the architecture, of course, not to compare with a theme park.