Mahabalipuram

Dear Readers we will make a short schedule of our tour and starting with mahabalipuram! it is a very ancient city which was used as a port to have buisness and cultural exchange with other countries like Cambodia, Java, Thailand and even Vietnam. Named after the great King Bali (see the mystic history of King Bali in the Puranas) who started to built this great port, it became known as Mahabalipuram ("the city of the great King Bali") from the time of 4th century BC.
As most of the city was drown later into the sea, many temples reside next the seashore, and they became known as "seashoretemples". Also the ancient style to carve them out from granite rocks with so much care and devotion, left a fantastic legacy of knowledge on vastu and architecture for all us behind. In and around Mahabalipuram are still schools found who teach this great knowledge, and if you interested into deep study of Vastu, everyone can go there and learn all angas of vastu (category groups in architecture, geometry and rituals). It needs at least a 2 year course, but normally the study takes 12 years to complete. Even one doiesnt have this time to study all this, just by going here and seeing this ancient temples and carvings in old rock temples around mahabalipuram is so much pleasing. Also there are hundreds of workers who do a everyday carving on the beach roads along the shore, some are professionals and some are just artists. One can see the different in carving by observing the details and comparing them with the ancient style. Anyhow its all a nice expierence to see and meet with these people, talk to them, understand their way of life and may get skinned for if one is not careful. But still that is all done with a smile on the lips. Love you!