Mahabalipuram complex and Descent of the Ganges - best of Indian heritage
Mahabalipuram - also known as Mamallapuram is a town located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal in the Kancheepuram district of Tamil Nadu. It is situated around 60 kms south from the city of Chennai and is an ancient historical town. During the 7th century it was the port city of the Pallava dynasty.
The Pallava Dynasty ruled the southern parts of India for almost 500 years. It conquered the region of Thondai mandalam located at Pallavapuri. The Pallavas established their capital at Kanchi which gradually became popular and famous for its temples and as an epicentre of Vedic learning.
The Shore Temple at Mahabalipuram was built during the reign of the Pallava King Rajasimha in the 7th century. It is dedicated to the Hindu Gods Vishnu and Shiva.
The temple is listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO.
The Shore Temple comprises of three shrines, with the prominent ones dedicated to Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu. In one of the three shrines, the idol of Lord Vishnu is shown to be reclining on 'Seshanag' the serpent, a symbol of consciousness in Hinduism.
Another monument of Pallava architecture is Arjuna’s penance or descent of the Ganges. It depicts the story of Arjuna’s penance and the story of Bhagirath, who brought down the River Ganges to earth from the heavens.
Arjuna's penance is a story from the Mahabharata of how Arjuna, performed great penance in order to obtain Shiva's weapon while the Ganges story is of a similar kind, in which the sage Bhagiratha meditated in order to bring the Ganges down to earth. Lord Shiva had to consent to soften her impact on Earth by capturing her in his hair, or else the force of the river would have been too great for the earth to contain.
Both stories were interpreted in a manner flattering to the Pallavas; the heroic Arjuna as a symbol of the rulers, and the Ganges as a symbol of their purifying power.
The Pallavas also built the beautiful monolithic rock-cut structure known as Pancha ratha or the Five Chariots. Most of the temples found in Mahabalipuram were built by King Rajasimha. The Five Rathas are named after five Pandavas and their wife.
The five Pandava rathas are the Dharma raja Ratha - a pyramidal three storied structure and the largest among all the chariots, the Bhima Ratha - built to a rectangular plan and with lion mounted columned galleries on both sides, the Arjuna Ratha, the Nakul-Sahadev Ratha with a monolithic sculpture of an elephant next to it and the Draupadi Ratha - the smallest of the chariots and with an interesting thatch-like roof. A free standing statue of lion resides in front of Draupadi ratha.
The Chariots at Mahabalipuram are constructed in the style of the Buddhist viharas and chaityas.
The cave temples or mandapas are another example of monolithic rock cut architecture belonging to the Pallava dynasty. Some of the notable known cave temples in Mahabalipuram are the Varaha cave, the Mahisasur mardini cave, the Krishna Mandapa, the Raya Gopuram, and the Tiger caves.
Inside the Varaha cave there is a large sculptured panel which depicts Vishnu as Varaha - the boar, holding up Bhudevi, the earth goddess.
Similarly in the Mahisasur mardini cave, a sculptured panel depicts the fight between Durga and the demon king Mahishasur.
Apart from structures of the Pallava period, there is also the naturally balancing rock known as Krishna’s butterball.
The Kings from the Pallava dynasty dedicated their entire lives to build these temples and caves and what is seen here at Mahabalipuram is the work of hundreds of people over many generations.
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Mahabalipuram: Arjuna's Penance
Discover the stories in this beautiful, and unparalleled bas-relief. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Arjuna's Penance is often known as the Descent of Ganga and is the best place to start the Mahabalipuram Heritage Tour. Stories about the relief can be read here:
Mahabalipuram complex and Descent of the Ganges best of Indian heritage
Mahabalipuram - also known as Mamallapuram is a town located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal in the Kancheepuram district of Tamil Nadu. It is situated around 60 kms south from the city of Chennai and is an ancient historical town. During the 7th century it was the port city of the Pallava dynasty.
The Pallava Dynasty ruled the southern parts of India for almost 500 years. It conquered the region of Thondai mandalam located at Pallavapuri. The Pallavas established their capital at Kanchi which gradually became popular and famous for its temples and as an epicentre of Vedic learning.
The Shore Temple at Mahabalipuram was built during the reign of the Pallava King Rajasimha in the 7th century. It is dedicated to the Hindu Gods Vishnu and Shiva.
The temple is listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO.
The Shore Temple comprises of three shrines, with the prominent ones dedicated to Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu. In one of the three shrines, the idol of Lord Vishnu is shown to be reclining on 'Seshanag' the serpent, a symbol of consciousness in Hinduism.
Another monument of Pallava architecture is Arjuna’s penance or descent of the Ganges. It depicts the story of Arjuna’s penance and the story of Bhagirath, who brought down the River Ganges to earth from the heavens.
Arjuna's penance is a story from the Mahabharata of how Arjuna, performed great penance in order to obtain Shiva's weapon while the Ganges story is of a similar kind, in which the sage Bhagiratha meditated in order to bring the Ganges down to earth. Lord Shiva had to consent to soften her impact on Earth by capturing her in his hair, or else the force of the river would have been too great for the earth to contain.
Both stories were interpreted in a manner flattering to the Pallavas; the heroic Arjuna as a symbol of the rulers, and the Ganges as a symbol of their purifying power.
The Pallavas also built the beautiful monolithic rock-cut structure known as Pancha ratha or the Five Chariots. Most of the temples found in Mahabalipuram were built by King Rajasimha. The Five Rathas are named after five Pandavas and their wife.
The five Pandava rathas are the Dharma raja Ratha - a pyramidal three storied structure and the largest among all the chariots, the Bhima Ratha - built to a rectangular plan and with lion mounted columned galleries on both sides, the Arjuna Ratha, the Nakul-Sahadev Ratha with a monolithic sculpture of an elephant next to it and the Draupadi Ratha - the smallest of the chariots and with an interesting thatch-like roof. A free standing statue of lion resides in front of Draupadi ratha.
The Chariots at Mahabalipuram are constructed in the style of the Buddhist viharas and chaityas.
The cave temples or mandapas are another example of monolithic rock cut architecture belonging to the Pallava dynasty. Some of the notable known cave temples in Mahabalipuram are the Varaha cave, the Mahisasur mardini cave, the Krishna Mandapa, the Raya Gopuram, and the Tiger caves.
Inside the Varaha cave there is a large sculptured panel which depicts Vishnu as Varaha - the boar, holding up Bhudevi, the earth goddess.
Similarly in the Mahisasur mardini cave, a sculptured panel depicts the fight between Durga and the demon king Mahishasur.
Apart from structures of the Pallava period, there is also the naturally balancing rock known as Krishna’s butterball.
The Kings from the Pallava dynasty dedicated their entire lives to build these temples and caves and what is seen here at Mahabalipuram is the work of hundreds of people over many generations.
This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 100, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, XDCAM and 4K. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world...
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This video is a guide to understand the famous Indian sculpture named The descent of Ganges - located in Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India.
PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping visit Mahabalipuram heritage marvels
Chinese President Xi Jinping was hosted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu state of South India in the course of second informal India - China summit.
In this video you can watch PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting following places:
UNFINISHED ROCK-CUT CAVE TEMPLE NORTH OF KRISHNA MANDAPA
Beyond Krishna mandapa is a large cave-temple known as Panchapandava mandapa.This cave-temple would have been the largest of all cave-temples of the Pallavas. On stylistic grounds, it may be placed later among the Mamalla style cave-temples in the period of Paramesvaravarman I (672-700 CE). This cave-temple has six lion pillars and similar pilasters at either end are finished. The brackets above the capitals of these pillars are decorated with lions and griffins with human riders. Even in its unfinished stage, this cave temple is unique. Its sanctum was designed to have a passage all around the exterior, so that it would be possible for circumambulation of the sanctum.
ARJUNA’S PENANCE
This magnificent bas- relief popularly called as ‘Arjuna’spenance’ suggestively depicts the story of ‘Kiratarjuna’, of the great epic Mahabhartha. The panoramic view of the life in the forest is aptly sculptured here in the two large boulders. The cleft between these two boulders is brilliantly utilized to show the flow of the river Ganga which is evinced by the presence of Nagas and Naginis. The great event of obtaining the weapon pasupatha from Lord Siva by Arjuna, one of the heroes of Mahabharatha is portrayed. This event witnessed by the three worlds reveals an overall view to visitors. A man with emaciated body and long beard engaged in severe penance standing on his right leg is identified with Arjuna. While Lord Siva with trident standing majestically above his right side appeared in front of him to bless Arjuna with the weapon. All Semi Gods and Goddess are rushing towards the central point to witness the great event. Below this scene on the same side, a small temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu is shown. In front of the temple, sages are engaged in Yoga and Tapas and Brahmins are doing mid day rituals known from their paryanka granthi and suryapasthana (Madhiyana sandhi) posture respectively. The depiction of forest life is interestingly portrayed here. Some scholars identified this panel with the story of Bhagiratha bringing the Ganges to the earth ( Descents of Ganges). According to them, the representation here is that of Bhagiratha’s penance and Siva granting him the desired boon by agreeing to release Ganga from his locks, the scene representing the descent of the river from the jungle covered hills in the joyful presence of the gods.
MONKEY-GROUP
This is a tiny but realistic carving of a group of monkeys a family consisting of a father, mother and child. One of the parents is removing lice from the head of the other, while the little one is resting on the lap. An excellent example of mastery of Pallava sculptors over depicting animals.
GANESHA RATHA
This monolithic temple, dedicated to Siva, is known as “Atyantakama Pallavesvaram” from the inscription of this temple. The title “Atyantakama”is to be identified with Paramesvaravarman-I (672-700 CE) and some scholars believe that this ratha belongs to the period of Narasimhavaraman-I (630-668 CE) on stylistic basis. The former identification is more convincing as Paramesvaravarman-I continued the tradition of carving of monolithic temple initiated by Narasimhavarman-I at Mamallapuram. This monolithic temple isrectangular on plan and has a dvitala salavimana. The adhisthana is not defined. The walls are punctuated by plain Visnukanta pilasters. The gable- ends of the sikhara have miniature models of vimana as in the case of Bhima Ratha.The narrow mukhamandapahas two lion-pillars in the centre and two lion-pilasters and is flanked by two dvarapalas at either end.Since there is a Ganesha image inside the shrine, this monolithic templeis called asGanesha Ratha.
KRISHNA’S BUTTERBALL
More than an archaeological, Krishna’s butter ball is a natural monument. It is a gigantic granite boulder delicately balanced by nature on the slope of the hillock. The boulder is approximately 6 meters high and 5 meters wide and weighs around 250 tons.
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PM Narendra Modi was dressed in South Indian traditional dress. PM Modi guided Chinese President through the walk covering the places listed above. Both leaders then visited Panch Rath and shore temple sites in Mahabalupuram.
This group of Monuments at Mamallapuram was declared as a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in the year 1984, in recognition of its outstanding universal value, contribution to humanity in the field of art and architecture.
Name Mahabalipuram derived from Mamallapuram, “the city of Mamalla”, a title of Narashimavarman I (630 to 670 CE), the great Pallava ruler of the seventh century, who was responsible for most of the rock-cut temples and carvings at this place.
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Arjuna's Penance Bas Relief - Mahabalipuram
Descent of the Ganges is a monument at Mahabalipuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, in the Kancheepuram district of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Measuring 96 by 43 feet (29 m × 13 m), it is a giant open-air relief carved of two monolithic rock boulders. The legend depicted in the bas-relief is the story of the descent of the sacred river Ganges to earth from the heavens led by Bhagiratha. The waters of the Ganges are believed to possess supernatural powers. The descent of the Ganges and Arjuna's Penance are portrayed in stone at the Pallava heritage site. The bas-relief is more of a canvas of Indian rock cut sculpture at its best not seen anywhere in India. It is one of the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram that were designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984.
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True Story of Mahabalipuram Shore Temple - Hindi
Friends welcome you once again on our channel.
In this video, I will tell you about Mahabalipuram.
Mahabalipuram is situated on the banks of the Bay of Bengal, 55 kilometers away from Tamil Nadu capital of Chennai. This Mahabalipuram located in Kanchipuram is also called the city of temples
Mahabalipuram is the ancient sea port of the famous Pallava empire. Pallavas ruled Kanchipuram from 3rd to 8th century.
According to inscriptions, monuments of Mahabalipuram were constructed by Pallava King Mahendravarman, his son Narasimha Varman and his descendants.
It is said that the Pallavas had constructed a total of seven temples here, but now only one temple is left and the remaining six temples have sunk into the sea.
According to local people, this city was so beautiful that God also started burning up and sent such a big storm in the sea that in the same day six of its temples were sunk in the sea.
The temple situated on the seafront is famous as the name of the temple.
Arjuna Penance is the most popular for carving. It is 27 meters long and 9 meters wide. The shapes of God, humans, animals and birds have been engraved on the huge boulder on the backs of this whale fish.
Arjun's Penance is considered not only the glory of Mahabalipuram or Tamil Nadu but also the pride of the country.
Krishna Mandapam is one of the temples constructed by cutting the initial stones of Mahabalipuram. A glimpse of the rural life can be seen on the walls of the temple. In one of the pictures Lord Krishna is shown mounting the mountain of Gravardhan on the finger.
The Crocodile Bank is located on the Chennai-Mahabalipuram road, 14 kilometers from the Crocodile Bank Mahabalipuram. It was founded by Romulus Vitekar of America in 1976. After 15 years of establishment, the number of crocodiles was 15 to 5000.
Varah Cave is famous for the Varna of Vishnu and Vaman Avatar. The Peaho Cave is also known for panels with the accompanying panels of four contemporary gatekeepers. Mahisasur Mardini Cave of the Seventh Century is also very popular for panvas on the panel.
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Rock cut architecture based on the theme from Indian Epic, Mahabharata episode on Arjuna's Penance at Mahabalipuram. Located at Chennai in tamil nadu Mahabalipuram is a world heritage site. For more information on this video click -
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During my four month trip in late 2015 to Southern India, I visited the state of Tamil Nadu, here in Mahabalipuram I saw many of the wonderful Monuments there. This one is affectionately known as Arjuna's Penance, and competes with it's other title of The Descent of the Ganges.
It is one of the magnificent monuments of Mahabalipuram. This wonderful bas air relief dates back to the mid-seventh century. Standing tall at a height of 43 feet, the monolith was carved on the face of two huge adjoining boulders, making its length around 96 feet.
The subject of the massive structure is either Arjuna's Penance or the Descent of the Ganges, or possibly both. Historians and experts of archeology have never settled on one account as there are not sufficient sources or records.
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Arjuna's Penance or Descent of the Ganges is a monument at Mahabalipuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, in the Kancheepuram district of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Measuring 96 by 43 feet (29 m × 13 m), it is a giant open-air rock relief carved on two monolithic rock boulders. The legend depicted in the relief is the story of the descent of the sacred river Ganges to earth from the heavens led by Bhagiratha. The waters of the Ganges are believed to possess supernatural powers. The descent of the Ganges and Arjuna's Penance are portrayed in stone at the Pallava heritage site. The relief is more of a canvas of Indian rock cut sculpture at its best not seen anywhere in India. It is one of the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram that were designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984.