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#ShoreTemple is built with blocks of granite, dating from the 8th century AD. At time of its creation, site was a busy port during reign of Narasimhavarman II of Pallava dynasty. It is one of the oldest structural stone temples of South India.

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#ShoreTemple at #Mahabalipuram is a complex of temples and shrines. The tsunami of December 2004 that struck the coastline of Coromandel exposed an old collapsed temple built entirely of granite blocks.

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📷1: Gopuram
📷2: A bas-relie of God Shiva, Devi Parvati with their child Kartikeya (Skanda)built over a stone slab is located in a small shrine in temple. It is enshrined in interior walls of sanctum of east facing KshatriyasimhesvaraTemple.

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Anantashayi Vishnu (reclining posture of Vishnu lying on serpent Ananta) is enshrined in a small rectangular shrine b/w large KshatriyasimhesvaraTemple & RajasimhaPallaveshvaraTemple. Vishnu is depicted with 4 arms but his attributes are missing (damaged).

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A monolith sculpture of a partly carved & partly sculpted lion with a hole in its torso is erected within the compound wall of #ShoreTempleComplex. A miniature image of Durga as Mahishasurmardini is sculpted on the back of the image~FACEBOOK

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📷Miniature Shrine in #ShoreTemple complex.

In 1990, the ASI discovered a miniature shrine with Bhuvaraha image in a well type enclosure. It was enclosed with an elliptical well. The miniature shrine is also dedicated to Shiva~FACEBOOK

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