Mahabalipuram

Best time to visit

November to March

Getting there & around

• Road — Chennai to Mahabalipuram: 58 km — The standard approach. Two Wikipedia articles give 58 and 60 km — close enough to be the same road measured differently.
• Road — Chengalpet to Mahabalipuram: 32 km — Wikipedia. The district town, which is now also the district name.
• Road — Mahabalipuram to Kanchipuram: BOTH ARE PALLAVA SITES AND RAJASIMHA BUILT AT BOTH. The distance should be established — this is the strongest untraced link in C5.
• On foot — Within the site: The components are spread across a hill and a shore. A visitor needs to know whether this is one walk or several stops, and no source said.

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