Arjuna's Penance Mahabalipuram

Introduction to Arjuna's Penance Mahabalipuram:

Arjuna's Penance Mahabalipuram, about 96 ft long and 43 ft high is one of the largest and most unique of open air rock sculptures of the world, that was carved on two huge and adjacent boulders. These beautiful monolithic rock carvings in Mahabalipuram, that once was the port of the Pallava Dynasty makes it a sought after tourist destination of Tamil Nadu.

The Arjuna's Penance Mahabalipuram is located in Mamallapuram, that is Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu. It is at a distance of 58 kms from Chennai, the capital of the state. To get to this place, the airport closest to it is Chennai and the railway stations are Chengalpatu (29 km) and Chennai (58 km).From here, one has to travel by road to reach Arjuna's Penance in Mahabalipuram. Buses are also there that run daily from places like Pondicherry,Kanchipuram,Chengalpattu and Chennai to Mahabalipuram.

The beautifully carved structure here at the Arjuna's Penance, Mahabalipuram is named after the famous hero of the epic Mahabharata.The scenes that are depicted in this rock structure is one of the two incidents from Mahabharata, according to the historians, It is either the story of how Arjuna performed stern austerities to attain Shiva's weapon or it is the image of King Bhagiratha's penance to bring down River Ganga to earth for purifying the souls of his ancestors. There are innumerable number of figures of Gods and Goddesses, birds, celestial creaturs and animals, humans and saints that adorn the whole structure of Arjuna's Penance . One interesting feature of this monument in Tamil nadu is the naturally created cleave between the two boulders separating the whole relief into two halves, which represents the descent of the celestial river carved here.

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