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The file consists of a picture of one of the UNESCO world heritage site : The Shore Temple, Mahabalipuram

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English: Shore Temple is a standing testimonial to the regal heritage of India and it falls under the UNESCO Group of Monuments. This is located in Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu.

The Shore Temple of Mamallapuram was built during the reign of the Pallavan king Rajasimha/Narasimhavarman II, and it is the oldest structural temple of significance in South India.The two temples hold three sanctums, of which two are dedicated to Shiva and one to Vishnu.

The images on the sculpted panels depict scenes from everyday life. However, the sculptures are incredibly real and artistic. The exterior walls of the temple are segregated by plasters into bays, where the lower part has been impressed into a series of nurturing lions. Unlike other monuments of the region, Shore Temple is a five-storied rock-cut structural temple more willingly than monolithical. Shore Temple is also acknowledged for being the first stone structure made by Pallavas. Before this, the monuments used to be carved out of the rocks or stones.

In the words of Percy Brown, Shore Temple served as "a landmark by day and a beacon by night".
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