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Descent of the Ganges

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Descent of the Ganges is a monument at Mamallapuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, inside the Kancheepuram district of the nation of Tamil Nadu, India. Measuring 96 with the aid of forty three ft, it is a giant open-air rock relief carved on two monolithic rock boulders. The legend depicted inside the alleviation is the tale of the descent of the sacred river Ganges to earth from the heavens led via Bhagiratha. The waters of the Ganges are believed to own supernatural powers.
The descent of the Ganges and Arjuna's Penance are portrayed in stone at the Pallava background website online. The relief is extra of a canvas of Indian rock cut sculpture at its pleasant not seen anywhere in India. It is one of the Group of Monuments at Mamallapuram that had been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site considering the fact that 1984. The remedy faces east. It changed into created with extremely good talent and imagination on two huge boulders of red granite in the open air giving the whole a herbal impact.
The boulders measure 15 via 30 metres. Many of the figures carved are in lifestyles size. The herbal cleft, a completely huge perpendicular fissure, is skilfully sculptured. It is in among the 2 boulders and is quintessential to the mythical narratives carved on the complete comfort. A water tank became once located on the pinnacle of the rock to release water denoting the Ganges River. It cascaded over the cleft and the relief to offer the impression of the Ganga descending from the top tied matts of Shiva.
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