默哈伯利布勒姆古迹群

这是泰米尔纳德邦的一个热门景点,有着悠久的历史。离海滩很近。吃住条件都不太好,海鲜餐厅倒是很多。

这是个旅游的好地方,如果你确实对历史感兴趣的话......从青奈去那里非常方便,青奈是印度南部的一座城市。

我们刚从美丽的默哈伯利布勒姆古迹群参观回来。大多数的古迹都曾出现在印度电影里过,有些我都已经看过很多次了,比如,Jitendra 和Jaya Prada的电影里,他们跳舞的时候围绕的牛的雕像就是湿神婆的象征。这个地方非常的漂亮,舒适的天气,傍晚的时候还有清新的微风,这使得旅途更加的舒服和顺利。其间唯一的问题可能就是语言,95%的人说的就是泰米尔语,不过他们都可以理解一定程度的英语。这里的一些小餐馆在早上的时候提供黑绿豆米饼等,你也可以选择吃三明治和新鲜的水果,那吃起来和西式餐馆的口味差不多。你可以在默哈伯利布勒姆找到许多的导游,不过我还是建议你在售票窗口找那些有政府许可的导游,那样可能能给你提供更好的服务。我们是在默哈伯利布勒姆古迹里找的导游,花了7块钱。不过说真的,我们都觉得他到还不错的。大多数的寺庙和雕像都遭受了很严重程度的腐蚀,由于许多都肌肤已经消失了,所以吸引游客的大多都只是那些主要的大寺庙了。你可以看到经过数百年水流切割后石庙的样子,和那些最后保留下来的雕像上模糊的刻画。背后的大海和寺庙附近的海岸,使得这里感觉上像是到了另一个世界,那里充满了宁静和清新的空气。我们计划去寺庙附近的一处海滩,事实上寺庙是建在海滩上的,寺庙被院墙环绕着,你必须穿过那些院墙才能到达海滩,这也花掉了我们不少的时间,因为出口实在是有点远,要走很久才能到。我建议到了沙滩以后可以脱了鞋走路,这样可以让你的行走变得更加的轻松,同时也会让你感觉更舒适。沙滩很棒,但是我们从没想过那里会有那么多的人。因为是周日,那里挤满了人,看上去像是所有人都一起来参拜湿婆神。默哈伯利布勒姆的意思是:最大最强的地方,它是基于对湿婆神力量和创造世界的崇拜而来的。默哈伯利布勒姆旁边放远四到五千米的范围内有四五处遗迹,你只要在入口买了票就可以凭票在一天内参观所有的地方。由于我是印度人,所以我只花了1.5元。不过外国人的得花上700块才行。没办法,那里就是这样规定的。另外,我们还参观了坐落一个小山村的直径约10米的球形岩石,岩石从来都没有滚落到地面过。不过第一眼看上去石头似乎马上就要滚落了,所以每个到那里的人都一定会在岩石下照上一张照片,如果你走近的话,会更加感觉那块石头就那样停在斜坡上而不滑落简直就是奇迹。真是不可思议极了!从金奈到这里大概要三个小时的时间。途中有一个鳄鱼公园,那是印度拥有鳄鱼数量最多的一家公园,也是应该去看看的地方之一。那里真正让人感到不可思议就是那些随处可见的鳄鱼,它们散步在那里的每个角落,那简直就是个鳄鱼银行。我建议你也应该去金奈看看。另外,默哈伯利布勒姆只有在冬天的时候才拥有凉爽宜人的气候。一路顺风!

Stunning stonework, spread over around the city of Mamallapuram. They are a lasting testimony to the innovation and creativity of the stone workers -- and the kings who sponsored them.The main carvings and bas reliefs are well marked with explanations -- a good guide book and/or guide are also essential to understand the meanings and background to the stonework.From the gravity -defying Krishna's butterball to Arjuna's penance, five Rathas , Shore Temple ( with its stunning setting by the sea), Cave temples and numerous other monuments, this is an unique place, one of those special places in the world you simply MUST see.

The monuments are mostly rock-cut and monolithic, and constitute the early stages of Dravidian architecture where in Buddhist elements of design are prominently visible. They are constituted by cave temples, monolithic rathas (chariots), sculpted reliefs and structural temples. The pillars are of the Dravidian order. The sculptures are excellent examples of Pallava art. They are located in the side of the cliffs near India's Bay of Bengal. I travel the sea beach near mahabalipuram also.

The scope of the monuments is staggering. Spread across several sites, it takes a couple of hours to take them all in. The stories told from Hindu mythology are painstakingly and lovingly carved out of pure granite. They jump out at you from a distance and drag you closer and closer with every detail until you are standing within sounding off tones to hear the pure vibrations echoing off of their walls. A truly special place in the world. UNESCO got it right here for sure. A very easy place to recommend to anyone visiting Mamallapuram.

Also known as Arjuna's Penance although there is NO mythological connection. A lot of things that you see around are the imaginations of the Artist or the King who got this done. This one takes you back to the Mahabharata and how it was a fiercely fought battle. You can hire a guide for all the monuments around. I guess 100 to 200 bucks should be good enough.

Of course it absolutely unnecessary to say that the monuments carved into the rock at Mahabalipuram are staggeringly impressive but I imagine that clambering over them in the full heat of the day would be rather taxing. As well as that, as it is a much visited tourist site, I suppose it could be rather hard work mingling with the crowds. However....I have noticed in the south in India, things get going rather slowly early in the day so, if you are staying in the town overnight get up early and explore at your leisure in the cool of the morning. I did that around 7.00 am in a delightful February sunrise and felt I had the place to myself. Of course I took one or two big landscape photos at the top, and gazed all around me in wonder, but again and again it was the detail that drew me back, little flights of stairs carved in the rock, a perfectly chiseled rectangular pool and so on. It was a wonderful experience, a welcome antidote to the bustle of the town. Wouldn't it be great though if everybody in India took their litter home? The wind and the people who mind these monuments do their best to clear the site but the determination of the crowd to cover the ground in plastic can never really be defeated.

Just opposite the five rathas, it is a place worth experiencing. It gave knowledge on the types of shells that one could not have imagined and at the same time enjoy hard work of one person for 30 odd years to collect and present.Simply awesome and a small but pretty collections of fishes in their aquarium.A must visit if you are visiting Mahabaliuram

Excellent trip we had, we enjoyed every moment. We would definitely want to do more such tip using Trip advisor.

An entrance toll fro vehicles ! Rather ridiculous.I was so cheesed off I just drove around and then buzzed off back to Chennai.

They are definitely worth a trip..... also well maintained. We bought a book on the monuments at the ticket shop. That was helpful in understanding the history. Please go with a full day to see all the monuments......and comfortable shoes.

When one rises above the "descent of the Ganges" by the small paths, you have a beautiful view of rice fields and a pond. this to say that the area is also worth a visit as often in India. Here nothing excessive, temples seaside fragile seen from the beach with the waves-eating ribs, they are elegant and changing, the sun at night. Do miss before a "complex" steel concrete glass will come to ruin!

The monuments are well worth visiting - it goes a long way and there is a history to it, obviously the stour is given by the guides one has.

It stuns me as to how anyone can rate these monuments as 'average'. After 3 weeks touring southern India the temples at Mahabalipuram stand out as unique and fascinating. Walking around the complex, that covers 3 separate areas, you just have to remember that these were chiselled out of solid rock. They've not been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for nothing.An added bonus was that we were sharing the experience with groups of local school children - and they were loving it. I shall ever remember their broad smiles and happy "hello's".Words will not fully describe the experience so we had better have some photos.