Mamallapuram

Mamallapuram, also known as Mahabalipuram, is a tourist town 60 km south of on the east coast of India, famous for its stone carvings.
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  • Town with about 15,200 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (40 feet)
  • Description: Village in Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Also known as
    “Mahābalipūr”
    “Mahabalipuram”
    “Mahapalipuram”
    “Māmallapuram (India)”
    “Mavalipuram”
    “Seven Pagodas”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shore Temple and Five Rathas.
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The is a complex of temples and shrines that overlooks the shore of the .
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Pancha Rathas is a monument complex at Mahabalipuram…
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Mahishasuramardhini Mandapa is an example of Indian…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Krishna’s Butterball and Saluvankuppam.
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Locality
Krishna's Butterball is a gigantic balancing rock…
Village
, also spelt as Salavankuppam… is situated 4½ km north of Mamallapuram.

Mamallapuram

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Latitude
12.6196° or 12° 37′ 11″ north
Longitude
80.1937° or 80° 11′ 37″ east
Open location code
7M42J59V+RF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6187308686
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1263997
Wiki­data ID
Q208000

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Mamallapuram” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Mahabalipuram”
  • Basque: “Mahabalipuram”
  • Bengali: “মহাবলীপুরম”
  • Bishnupriya: “মামাল্লাপুরম”
  • Catalan: “Mahabalipuram”
  • Catalan: “Mamallapuram”
  • Cebuano: “Māmallapuram”
  • Chinese: “馬馬拉普拉姆”
  • Chinese: “马马拉普拉姆”
  • Croatian: “Mahabalipuram”
  • Czech: “Mahábalípuram”
  • Dutch: “Mahabalipuram”
  • Dutch: “Māmallapuram”
  • Esperanto: “Mahabalipuram”
  • Finnish: “Mahabalipuram”
  • Finnish: “Mamallapuram”
  • French: “Descente du Gange”
  • French: “Les Cinq Ratha du sud”
  • French: “Mahabalipuram”
  • French: “Mahâballipuram”
  • French: “Mamallapuram”
  • French: “Mavalipuram”
  • French: “Pancha Rathas”
  • Georgian: “მაჰაბალიპურამი”
  • German: “Mahabalipuram”
  • German: “Mamallapuram”
  • Goan Konkani: “महाबलीपुर”
  • Gujarati: “મહાબલીપુરમ”
  • Hebrew: “מהאבליפורם”
  • Hindi: “महाबलीपुरम”
  • Hindi: “मामल्लपुरम”
  • Hungarian: “Mahábalipuram”
  • Irish: “Mahabalipuram”
  • Italian: “Mahabalipuram”
  • Italian: “Mamallapuram”
  • Japanese: “マハーバリプラム”
  • Kannada: “ಮಹಾಬಲಿಪುರಂ”
  • Kannada: “ಮಹಾಬಲಿಪುರಂ‌ನ ಸ್ಮಾರಕಗಳ ಸಮೂಹ”
  • Korean: “마하발리푸람”
  • Ladin: “Mahabalipuram”
  • Lithuanian: “Mahabalipuramas”
  • Maithili: “मामल्लपुरम”
  • Malay: “Mamallapuram”
  • Malayalam: “Mahabalipuram”
  • Malayalam: “മഹാബലിപുരം”
  • Marathi: “महाबलीपुरम”
  • Marathi: “मामल्लपुरम”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mahabalipuram”
  • Nepali: “महाबलिपुरम”
  • Newari: “मम्मल्लपुरम”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mahabalipuram”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mamallapuram”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mahabalipuram”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mamallapuram”
  • Norwegian: “Mamallapuram”
  • Oriya: “Mahabalipuram”
  • Oriya: “ମହାବଳିପୁରମ”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਹਾਬਲੀਪੁਰਮ”
  • Persian: “ماهابالی پورام”
  • Polish: “Mahabalipuram”
  • Russian: “Мамаллапурам”
  • Russian: “Махабалипурам”
  • Russian: “Памятники Махабалипурама”
  • Sanskrit: “अजन्तागुहाः”
  • Sanskrit: “महाबलिपुरम्”
  • Serbian: “Mahabalipuram”
  • Serbian: “Махабалипурам”
  • Sinhala: “මහාබලිපුරම්”
  • Sinhala: “මාමල්ලපුරම්”
  • Sinhala: “මාවලිපුරම්”
  • Slovak: “Mámallapuram”
  • Spanish: “Mahabalipuram”
  • Spanish: “Mamallapuram”
  • Swedish: “Māmallapuram”
  • Swedish: “Mamallipuram”
  • Swedish: “Monumenten i Mahabalipuram”
  • Tamil: “மகாபலிபுரம்”
  • Tamil: “மஹாபலிபுரம்”
  • Tamil: “மாமல்லபுரம்”
  • Telugu: “మహాబలిపురం”
  • Telugu: “మహాబలిపురము”
  • Telugu: “మామల్లాపురం(మహాబలిపురం)”
  • Thai: “มหาพลิปุรัม”
  • Turkish: “Mamallapuram”
  • Ukrainian: “Магабаліпурам”
  • Ukrainian: “Мамаллапурам”
  • Ukrainian: “Махабаліпурам”
  • Urdu: “مامالاپورم”
  • Vietnamese: “Mamallapuram”
  • Western Panjabi: “مہابلیپورم”

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