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Mamallapuram

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7th-8th century Pallava monolithic temples and granite-carved monuments on India's Coromandel Coast. Includes the Shore Temple, the Five Rathas (chariots carved from single boulders), the Descent of the Ganges relief, and Krishna's Butterball — a 250-ton granite boulder that has rested on a sloped rock for at least 1,300 years without rolling.

12.6167°, 80.1944°

Look Closer — this site carries open questions: stone harder than steel; stones fitted without mortar, almost no gap.
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