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Mamallapuram, India
"The Descent of the Ganges" ©2001
photo
Elroy Christenson
Mahabalipuram is the new name of the old village of Mamallapuram,
meaning "the Great Wrestler." The relief here is variously titled but
historically is the story of an ascetic monk who tried to convince the
gods to restore the flow of the Ganges river to the earth. He succeeds
after months of fasting convinces Shiva to take the force of the
returning Ganges on his hair. "The Descent
of the Ganges" is the largest bas-relief in India and an important
monument to the Pallava Empire of south India.
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