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Site Name:  Kotikal Mandapa Site Type:  Pallava architecture, cave temple, sculpture Location:    1.5 kms from bus stand, Mamallapuram, near Chennai (55 kms from Chennai), Tamil Nadu state, India Highlights:   A little known but beautiful cave temple of Pallava era Nearest Railway Station:   Chennai Nearest Airport:   Chennai How to reach:   Well connected by road from Chennai Hotel:  A lot of options are available within Mamallapuram and East Coast Road outside the town Restaurants:  Many options and varieties across the town Mamallapuram, the city of Pallava period monuments, is dotted with a lot of popular and less known rock cut temples, structural temples, monolithic rathas and bas relief panels. Kotikal Mandapa is a cave temple located near Trimurti cave temple slightly away from the center of the town (Krishna's butter ball is located at the center of the town). Kotikal Mandapa is very small cave temple. It is a single cell shrine. Currently there is no ido

Site Name:  Trimurti Cave Temple Site Type:  Pallava architecture, cave temple, sculpture Location:    1.5 kms from bus stand, Mamallapuram, near Chennai (55 kms from Chennai), Tamil Nadu state, India Highlights:   A beautiful cave temple of Pallava era Nearest Railway Station:   Chennai Nearest Airport:   Chennai How to reach:   Well connected by road from Chennai Hotel:  A lot of options are available within Mamallapuram and East Coast Road outside the town Restaurants:  Many options and varieties across the town Trimurti Cave Temple is a fine example for Pallave architecture. It is located in Mamallapuram, the city of sculptures and monuments. Although it is a well known monument, it is not regularly visited by all the tourists. It is located slightly away from the Krishna's butter ball. The cave temple is dedicated to Trimurties of Hinduism - Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Although it is obviously a Pallava architecture, it is clearly not known which Pallava king built th

Site Name:  Koneri Mandapa Site Type:  Pallava architecture, temple, sculpture Location:    2 kms from bus stand, Mamallapuram, near Chennai (55 kms from Chennai), Tamil Nadu state, India Highlights:   A little known heritage site in Mamallapuram Nearest Railway Station:   Chennai Nearest Airport:   Chennai How to reach:   Well connected by road from Chennai Hotel:  A lot of options are available within Mamallapuram and East Coast Road outside the town Restaurants:  Many options and varieties across the town There are many historical monuments in Mamallapuram, the city of historical sculptures. Some of the monuments are very popular; some of them are little known; there are also few monuments which are literally unknown. Koneri Mandapa is one such monument which is commonly not known even to the citizens of Mamallapuram. A sculpture near Koneri Tank The monument is located at a distance of around 0.5 km from Koneri tank. Koneri tank is a well known landmark in Mamalla