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Pancha Rathas

Pancha Rathas

AttractionMahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu
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Five temples cut from one granite ridge in the seventh century, each in a different form — the carvers appear to have been working through the possibilities. None was finished, and the Pandava names were attached long afterwards.

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