Mahabalipuram

[ muh-hah-buh-lee-poor-uhm ]

noun

1. a village in NE Tamil Nadu, in SE India: Hindu temples; early Dravidian architecture.

Example Sentences

In August, Mahabalipuram, a small town in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, will serve as the unlikely venue for a Russia-Ukraine battle.

From BBC

The torch will travel through 75 cities and towns before it arrives in Mahabalipuram.

From BBC

“Remarkable enduring achievements of human hand and mind, be it the temples of Mahabalipuram, the pyramids of Giza, the Great Wall or the Sistine Chapel have all taken time and expense,” she said.

From New York Times

We stopped quickly at Mamallapuram, or Mahabalipuram, an ancient settlement dating to when the Pallava dynasty ruled southern India from approximately the fourth to the ninth centuries.

From New York Times

Born into a fishing family in Mahabalipuram in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, "surfing is life" for Akhilan now.

From BBC