This Mahapalipuram is a town near to Chennai. There are plenty of monuments are seen all related to Hindus historical events. All these collections are 7th and 8th centuries. The government of India and UNESCO declared world heritage site. To reach this place only sixty kilo meters from Chennai.

This site has four hundred ancient monuments which are Tamil religious temples. One must see Arjuna’s penance rock without fail. There are many cave temples are at this place, people still wonder about the workmanship of the labor in those years. Ratha temples and with the monolithic processional chariots are very good to see and enjoy. There are plenty of scripts on the rocks and in a number of Indian languages. All these are built between 630 and 668. The Mahapalipuram is all about Shaivic and Vaishnavi inscriptions. This place is also called as Mamalllapuram.

The Mamallapuram gives meaning of Great wrestler city. There are plenty of seashore resorts are available to stay and enjoy this place. Within one day a person cannot see complete Mahapalipuram temples. The other names also found for this place in historic texts.

They are Mamallapattan, Mavailipuram, Mavallvaram, mavellipore, Mauvellipooram and Mahabalipur all these are again gives meaning to a great wrestler city of Mahabali. The Sanskrit scholar Dandin who lived in Tamil Nadu he was also associated with the Pallava king court appreciated artists of their repair work of Vishnu sculpture at this place. In the Sanskrit scripts it says this is significance of Vaishnavism.

At this place seven pagodas are very famous temples. But many of them are drowned in the T-Sunami and only a few are available now to see and enjoy them. Constructing a temple on the shore is very difficult, but in the historical days it was possible by the pallava kings. In the seventh century this place was known only as seven Pagodas, when the European sailors landed on this coast they saw all the seven pagodas Hindu temples.

It seems the name Mahapalipuram came only after the 16th century. Mahapalipuram was prominent only during the period of Pallava era, and in the reign of Simhavishnu and in the 6th century.

In all the universities there is a lesson about this place as the place is historical place. So students from all over the world and tourists from all over the world arrive every day to this place and see the artistic works of the historical periods.

The government is maintaining all the temples and helping the tourists to learn more about the place. There are government appointed tourists guides and the local person with the complete knowledge about this place are there for a new comer to learn about this place. One person could see the temple in Mahapalipuram without utilizing either timber, lime or brick all it is completely made in stones. This is the only reason people keep in their mind to visit this place after reading about this place. There are frequent transport facilities are available to visit this place.