Tamil Nadu
Chengalpattu district
Tirukalukundram

Mahishasuramardini Mandapa

Mahishasuramardhini Mandapa is an example of Indian rock-cut architecture dating from the late 7th century, of the Pallava dynasty. It is a rock-cut cave temple located on a hill, near a lighthouse, along with other caves in .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: rock-cut cave temple
  • Also known as: “Mahishamadhini Cave”, “Mahishamardini Rock Cut Mandapa”, and “Mahishasuramardini mandapa”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mahabalipuram Lighthouse and Krishna Mandapam.

Lighthouse
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is located in , . It has been open to tourists since 2011. It was closed in 2001 following a perceived threat from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

Photo: Tagooty, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mandapa of Krishna or is a monument at Mahabalipuram, on the of the , in the Kancheepuram district of the state of , . is situated 260 metres northeast of Mahishasuramardini Mandapa.

Photo: mckaysavage, CC BY 2.0.
The is a complex of temples and shrines that overlooks the shore of the . It is located in Mahabalipuram, about 60 kilometres south of in , India. is situated 1 km east of Mahishasuramardini Mandapa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Krishna’s Butterball and Mamallapuram.

Locality
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Krishna's Butterball is a gigantic balancing rock, a granite boulder resting on a short incline in the historical coastal resort town of in state, India.

Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as Mahabalipuram, is a tourist town 60 km south of on the east coast of India, famous for its stone carvings.

Village
, also spelt as Salavankuppam or Saluvanakuppam, is a coastal hamlet in the of , India. It is situated on the East Coast Road at a distance of 7 kilometres from Mahabalipuram on the -Mahabalipuram stretch. is situated 5 km north of Mahishasuramardini Mandapa.

Mahishasuramardini Mandapa

Latitude
12.61523° or 12° 36′ 55″ north
Longitude
80.19154° or 80° 11′ 30″ east
Open location code
7M42J58R+3J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 353978541
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q24738391
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Telugu—“Mahishasuramardini Mandapa” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Mahishasuramardini Mandapa”
  • Catalan: “cova de Mahishasura Mardini”
  • Catalan: “Cova de Mahishasura Mardini”
  • German: “Mahishasuramardini-Tempel”
  • Kannada: “ಮಹಿಷಾಸುರಮರ್ಧಿನಿ ಮಂಟಪ”
  • Sinhala: “මහීෂාසුරමර්දිනී මණ්ඩප”
  • Sinhala: “මහීෂාසුරමර්දිනී මණ්ඩපය”
  • Tamil: “மகிடாசுரமர்த்தினி மண்டபம், மாமல்லபுரம்”
  • Telugu: “mahishasura mardhin cave temple”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Old lighthouse and Olakkannesvara Temple.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mahishasuramardini Mandapa”. Photo: R.K.Lakshmi, CC BY-SA 4.0.