महाबलीपुरम
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mahabalipuram aitihasik nagar, mamallapuram bhi kahalata hai, yah poorvottar tamilanadu rajy, dakshin bharat mean sthit hai. yah nagar bangal ki kha di par chennee (bhootapoorv madras) se 60 kimi. door sthit hai. isaka ek any prachin nam banapur bhi hai.
itihas
mahabalipuram dharmik kendr satavian sadi mean hindoo pallav raja narasianh dev varman ne, jinhean mamall bhi kaha jata hai, sthapit kiya tha aur isilie ise mamallapuram bhi kaha gaya hai. yahaan par pae ge chin, faras aur rom ke prachin sikkoan se pata chalata hai ki yahaan par pahale bandaragah raha hoga. yahaan par satavian aur athavian sadi mean nirmit pallav mandiroan aur smarakoan ke milane vale avasheshoan mean chattanoan se nirmit arjun ki tapasya, gangavataran jaisi moortiyoan se yukt gufa mandir aur samudr tat par bana shaiv mandir pramukh hai. ye mandir bharat ke prachin vastushilp ke gauravamay udaharan mane jate haian. pallavoan ke samay mean dakshin bharat ki sanskriti unnati ke sarvochch shikhar par pahuanchi huee thi. is kal mean vrihattar bharat, vishesh kar syam, kambodiya, malaya aur iandonesiya mean dakshin bharat se bahusankhyak log jakar base the aur vahaan pahuanch kar unhoanne ne-ne bharatiy upaniveshoan ki sthapana ki thi. mahabalipuram ke nikat ek paha di par sthit dipastambh samudr yatraoan ki suraksha ke lie banavaya gaya tha. isake nikat hi saptarathoan ke param vishal mandir videsh yatraoan par jane vale yatriyoan ko matribhoomi ka antim sandesh dete rahe hoange. is nagar ke paanch rath ya ekashm mandir, un sat mandiroan ke avashesh haian, jinake karan is nagar ko saptapagoda bhi kaha jata hai.
shikshan sansthan
mahabalipuram mean ek mahavidyalay hai, jahaan sthapaty aur mandir vastukala ki shiksha bhi di jati hai.
janasankhya
2001 ki janaganana ke anusar is gaanv ki janasankhya 12,049 hai.
paryatan sthal
yah nagar sairagah v paryatan kendr hai. dipastambh ke shikhar se shilpakritiyoan ke char samooh drishtigochar hote haian.
shilpakritiyoan ke char samooh
pahala samooh pahala samoohek hi patthar mean se kate hue paanch mandiroan ka hai, jinhean rath kahate haian. ye kanashm ya grenait patthar ke bane hue haian. inamean se vishalatam dharmarath haian jo paanch taloan se yukt haian. isaki divaroan par saghan moortikari dikhaee p dati hai. bhoomital ki bhitti par ath chitraphalak pradarshit haian, jinamean ardh-narishvar ki kalapoorn moorti ka nirman b di kushalata se kiya gaya hai. doosare tal par shiv, vishnu aur krishna ki moortiyoan ka chitran hai. phooloan ki daliya lie hue ek sundari ka moortichitr atyant hi manoram hai. doosara rath bhimarath namak hai, jisaki chhat ga di ke tap ke sadrish jan p dati hai. tisara mandir dharmarath ke saman hai. isamean vamanoan aur hansoan ka sundar aankan hai. chauthe mean mahishasur mardini durga ki moorti hai. paanchavaan ek hi patthar mean se kata hua hai aur hathi ki akriti ke saman jan p data hai.
doosara samooh doosara samooh dipastambh ki paha di mean sthit kee gufaoan ke roop mean dikhaee p data hai. varah gufa mean varah avatar ki katha ka aur mahishasur gufa mean mahishasur tatha anantashayi vishnu ki moortiyoan ka aankan hai. varahagufa mean jo ab nirantar andheri hai, bahut sundar moortikari pradarshit hai. isi mean hathiyoan ke dvara snapit gajalakshmi ka bhi aankan hai. sath hi sastrik pallav nareshoan ki ubhari huee pratimaean haian, jo vastavikata tatha kalapoorn bhavachitran mean bejo d kahi jati hai. tisara samooh tisara samooh sudirgh shilaoan ke mukhaprishth par ukere hue krishna lila tatha mahabharat ke drishyoan ke vividh moortichitroan ka hai. jinamean govardhan dharan, arjun ki tapasya adi ke drishy ativ sundar haian. inase pata chalata hai ki svadesh se dakshin poorv eshiya ke deshoan mean jakar bas jane vale bharatiyoan mean mahabharat tatha puranoan adi ki kathaoan ke prati kitani gahari astha thi. in logoan ne ne upaniveshoan mean jakar bhi apani saanskritik parampara ko banae rakha tha. jaisa oopar kaha gaya hai, mahabalipur samudrapar jane vale yatriyoan ke lie mukhy bandaragah tha aur matribhoomi chho date samay ye moortichitr inhean apane desh ki purani sanskriti ki yad dilate the. chautha samooh chautha samooh samudr tat par tatha sannikat samudr ke andar sthit saptarathoan ka hai, jinamean se chhah to samudr mean sama ge haian aur ek samudr tat par vishal mandir ke roop mean vidyaman hai. ye chhah bhi pattharoan ke dheroan ke roop mean samudr ke andar dikhaee p date haian.
mahabalipuram ke rath
mahabalipuram ke rath jo shailakritt haian, ajanta ya elaura ke guha mandiroan ki bhaanti paha di chattanoan ko kat kar to avashy banae ge haian kintu unake viparit ye rath, paha di ke bhitar bane hue veshm nahian haian, arthat ye shailakrit hote hue bhi sanrachanatmak haian. inako banate samay shilpiyoan ne chattan ko bhitar aur bahar se kat kar paha d se alag kar diya hai. jisase ye paha di ke parshv mean sthit jan nahian p date haian, varanh usase alag kh de hue dikhaee p date haian. mahabalipuram do varg mil ke ghere mean phaila hua hai. vastav mean yah sthan pallv nareshoan ki shilp sadhana ka amar smarak hai. mahabalipuram ke nam ke vishay mean kianvadanti hai ki vamanh bhagavan ne jinake nam se ek guhamandir prasiddh hai daityaraj bali ko prithvi ka dan isi sthan par diya tha.