Zoom In and check the awesomeness of the sculptor 😀😀🙏🙏 one never gets tired of this beauty 😍😍Arjuna’s Penance is one of the magnificent monuments of Mahabalipuram. This wonderful bas air relief dates back to the mid-seventh century. Standing tall at a height of 43 feet 
the monolith was carved on the face of two huge adjoining boulders, making its length around 96 feet. The subject of the massive structure is either Arjuna's Penance or the Descent of the Ganges, or possibly both. ‘Arjuna's Penance’ is an extract from the Mahabharata, of how
Arjuna, one of the Pandavas, performed severe austerities in order to obtain Shiva's weapon. The concept of the story encompasses Hindu philosophy where it is believed that one could by penance, self-mortification, attain miraculous blessings from the Gods. The ‘Descent of Ganges
story narrates the penance of Bhagirathi who performed austerities in order to bring Goddess Ganges down to earth. Lord Shiva consented to break the force of the descent of the river his hair, because otherwise the force would be too great for the earth to contain.
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