About Mahabalipuram - Mahabalipuram is situated 60 Kms. south of Chennai, capital of Tamil Nadu and easily accessible by road throughout the year. Chennai in turn is accessible both by Air & Rail/Road from across India. The best advised visit window is between December to February, as one has to trek a vast strech on foot to explore the entire Temple complex. Mahabalipuram is a 7th century port city named after Pallava king Mamalla. It was built between the 7th & 9th Centrury AD and comprise of various temple complexes built in Dravidian style of architecture and reflect distictive influence of Buddhist elements of rock cut sculptures & design - It has been declared as a UNESCO Heritage site. The temples comprise of three main categories - Cave Temple, Rathas (sculpted out of monolithic natural stone formations) and sculpted reliefs on rock faces.
My visit Itinerary - I had travelled from New Delhi by Air to Chennai, this journey takes around 2 hours & 30 minutes. After going around in Chennai, especially Marina Beach during the late evening, which is a good experience. I started off early morning the next day by a hired Taxi (Charges vary from Rs.900/- to Rs.1400/- depending upon type of vehicle that you hire) I visited Kovalam beach ( a small beach on way to Mahabalipuram). The journey to Mhabalipuram is smooth and the road is good. It takes about 2 Hours to reach Mahabalipuram from Chennai.
My visit Itinerary - I had travelled from New Delhi by Air to Chennai, this journey takes around 2 hours & 30 minutes. After going around in Chennai, especially Marina Beach during the late evening, which is a good experience. I started off early morning the next day by a hired Taxi (Charges vary from Rs.900/- to Rs.1400/- depending upon type of vehicle that you hire) I visited Kovalam beach ( a small beach on way to Mahabalipuram). The journey to Mhabalipuram is smooth and the road is good. It takes about 2 Hours to reach Mahabalipuram from Chennai.
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