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Shore Temple
The Shore Temple (700-728 BC) is so named because it over looks the Bay of Bengal.
It is a structural temple, built with blocks of granite, dating from the 8th century AD. It was built on a promontory sticking out into the Bay of Bengal at Mahabalipuram, a village south of Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
It is one of the oldest structural (versus rock-cut) stone temples of South India.
Soirce: Wikipedia
Shore Temple
The Shore Temple (700-728 BC) is so named because it over looks the Bay of Bengal.
It is a structural temple, built with blocks of granite, dating from the 8th century AD. It was built on a promontory sticking out into the Bay of Bengal at Mahabalipuram, a village south of Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
It is one of the oldest structural (versus rock-cut) stone temples of South India.
Soirce: Wikipedia