One day in Mahabalipuram, India

A day through Mahabalipuram’s best-known sights that lie close together: Group of monuments at Mahabalipuram, Panchapandava Cave Temple, Draupadi Ratha, Arjuna Ratha, Bhima Ratha and Dharmaraja Ratha. 6 stops, about 0.9 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Group of monuments at MahabalipuramTemple or shrine · On the map
  2. Panchapandava Cave TempleTemple or shrine · Next to Group of monuments at Mahabalipuram · On the map
  3. Draupadi RathaTemple or shrine · Next to Panchapandava Cave Temple · On the map
  4. Arjuna RathaMonument · 0.9 km on from Draupadi Ratha · On the map
  5. Bhima RathaMonument · Next to Arjuna Ratha · On the map
  6. Dharmaraja RathaMonument · Next to Bhima Ratha · On the map

6 stops, 1.2 km on foot along the streets: about 14 min of walking.

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Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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