Olakkanneshwara Temple

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Many mandapams [note 1] featuring fine internal sculptures are scattered over the main hill [at Mamallapuram / Mahabalipuram]. … Olakkannesvara [Olakkanneshwara] Temple … [is] just a few metres south-west of the lighthouse. Scenes from the Puranas (Sanskrit stories dating from the 5th century AD) are depicted on the mandapam with a sculpture of the goddess Durga considered one of the finest (LONELY PLANET, India 2005: 954). CAVE DESCRIPTION (note 2): Auf dem Hügel rund um den Leuctturm finden sich acht weitere in den Fels gehauene Tempel, von denen zwei unvollendet blieben (RAUSCH & LUKOWSKI 1997: 264).Many mandapams [note 1] featuring fine internal sculptures are scattered over the main hill [at Mamallapuram / Mahabalipuram]. … Olakkannesvara [Olakkanneshwara] Temple … [is] just a few metres south-west of the lighthouse. Scenes from the Puranas (Sanskrit stories dating from the 5th century AD) are depicted on the mandapam with a sculpture of the goddess Durga considered one of the finest (LONELY PLANET, India 2005: 954). CAVE DESCRIPTION (note 2): Auf dem Hügel rund um den Leuctturm finden sich acht weitere in den Fels gehauene Tempel, von denen zwei unvollendet blieben (RAUSCH & LUKOWSKI 1997: 264).