Mahabalipuram Study Tour

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Saitechinfo Gurukulam students, alumni members, their brothers, sisters and parents participate in the study tour to Mahabalipuram on 29th May 2022. List of Study Tour Members are updated in this link.

Saitech family members are invited to participate in this study tour. Those who are interested to participate in this study tour can apply in this online registration form.

Online Study Tour Registration to Mahabalipuram

Proposed places during the visit

Shore Temple
Tiger Cave
Arjuna’s Penance
Five Rathas
Mahabalipuram Beach
Mamallpuram Light House
Krishna’s Butter Ball
Krishna Cave Temple
Trimurthi Cave
India Sea Shell Museum

History of Pallavas

History of Pallavas

Shore Temple

The Sun set view of this shore temple looks very amazing.

One of the oldest temples in South India constructed in the 7th century AD.
Built with granite blocks on the shore of the Bay of Bengal
Constructed by King Rajasimha Pallava
Once a busy port during the reign of Narasimhavarma Pallava II.
It has two shrines dedicated to Vishnu and Shiva, facing the east and the west.
This temple’s architecture has influenced Chola kings
One of the heritage structures that fall under the UNESCO Group of Monuments.
Hiuen Tsang (7th century CE) termed it as a Pallava sea-port.
Tirumangai Alwar, the Vaishnava saint in his work Nalayiraprabandha (8th century CE), described the this port town with the numerous ships anchored in the harbour.
Marco Polo in his travel book mentioned this shore temple as the Seven Pagodas of Mamallapuram
Abraham Cresques (1375) referred to this temple cluster as Setemelti or Sette Templi (Seven Pagodas in Itali) in the Catalan Atlas.
Gasparo Balbi (1582), a jewellery merchant referred to the temple cluster as “Seven Chinese Pagodas” of Mamallapuram.
Niccolai Manucci wrote about this temple as the 7 ‘China-men’ built pagodas.
However, none of these Polo, Balbi, and Manucci had not set their feet in the town; they had only seen the temples from a distant ship; the tall pyramidal temple had inspired them as though they were built by Chinese!!
Al those European travellers had described seven shore temples in Mamallapuram, but only two are now visible.