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Office of the Superintending Archaeologist, ASI, Chennai Circle, Chennai-9 List of Monuments and Sites: MAMALLAPURAM SUB-CIRCLE Sl.No. Name of the Monument Locality District 1 Arjuna's Penance Mamallapuram Kanchipuram 2 Arjuna's Rath Mamallapuram Kanchipuram 3 Bhima's Rath Mamallapuram Kanchipuram 4 Dharmaraja's Rath Mamallapuram Kanchipuram 5 Dharmaraja's Rock-cut Throne Mamallapuram Kanchipuram 6 Dolotsava Mantapa Mamallapuram Kanchipuram 7 Draupadi's Rath Mamallapuram Kanchipuram 8 Draupadi's Bath Mamallapuram Kanchipuram Eight stone images on a masonry platform known as 9 the seven Pidaris Mamallapuram Kanchipuram 10 Huge stone figures of a lion, elephant and a bull Mamallapuram Kanchipuram 11 Iswara Temple Mamallapuram Kanchipuram 12 Kottikal Mandapa Mamallapuram Kanchipuram 13 Krishna’s Butterball Mamallapuram Kanchipuram 14 Krishna Mandapa Mamallapuram Kanchipuram Large unfinished rock sculptures similar to Arjuna’s 15 Penance near the light house Mamallapuram Kanchipuram 16 Mahishamardhini rock cut Mandapa Mamallapuram Kanchipuram Mahishasura rock standing in the sea to the north of 17 the Shore Temple Mamallapuram Kanchipuram Mukundanayanar Temple (Half buried in sand to the 18 north of the village) Mamallapuram Kanchipuram 19 Rock cut Ganesa Temple Mamallapuram Kanchipuram Rock cut Varaha Temple containing Varaha and 20 Vamana Incarnations of Vishnu Mamallapuram Kanchipuram Rock cut Sculpture representing a group of 21 elephants, monkeys and peacock Mamallapuram Kanchipuram 22 Royagopuram(Unfinished) Mamallapuram Kanchipuram 23 Sahadeva’s Rath Mamallapuram Kanchipuram 24 Shore (Aleva) Temple Mamallapuram Kanchipuram Small monolithic Temples known as Valiankuttai 25 Ratha (Unfinished) Mamallapuram Kanchipuram Page 1 of 3 Sl.No. Name of the Monument Locality District 26 Stone Sculpture representing a group of monkeys Mamallapuram Kanchipuram Triple celled rock cut shrine with Gopi’s churn in 27 front of it Mamallapuram Kanchipuram Two rock cut cave Temples at the north east corner 28 of the Koneri Pallam tank Mamallapuram Kanchipuram Two small carved rocks to the south of the shore 29 Temple Mamallapuram Kanchipuram Two small monolithic Temples known as the Pidari 30 Amman Ratha (Unfinished) Mamallapuram Kanchipuram 31 Unfinished Ratha and stone couch Mamallapuram Kanchipuram Unfinished Rock cut cave Temple north of Krishna 32 Mandapa Mamallapuram Kanchipuram Two unfinished Excavations near the large unfinished rock sculpture similar to the Arjuna’s Mamallapuram 33 Penance near the light house Kanchipuram Unfinished Excavation close to the triple celled rock 34 cut shrine Mamallapuram Kanchipuram Unfinished Excavation to the south of Droupadi’s 35 bath Mamallapuram 36 Ruined Dutch Fort and cemetery Sadras Kanchipuram 37 Rock cut Siva Temples with three lingas Saluvankuppam Kanchipuram 38 Tiger headed rock cut Temple Saluvankuppam Kanchipuram Two inscribed rocks, one having six and the other fifty lines of ancient Tamil inscriptions with remains 39 of others ancient buildings Saluvankuppam Kanchipuram 40 Munkudumi Eswaran Temple Ponvilainthakalath urKanchipuram 41 Nithya kalyanaswami Temple Tiruvidanthai Kanchipuram 42 Orukkal mandapam Tirukkalikundram Kanchipuram 43 Tirupuleswarar Temple Vayalur Kanchipuram Sl.No. Name of the Site Locality District 1 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Agaram Kanchipuram 2 Urn Burials Alattur Kanchipuram 3 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Amur Kanchipuram 4 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Anur Kanchipuram 5 Megalithic Cists and Cairns with stone circles Ayyanjeri Kanchipuram 6 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Atcharavakkam Kanchipuram 7 Megalithic Cists and Cairns with stone circles Edakunram Kanchipuram 8 Megalithic Cists and Cairns with stone circles Kalanipakkam Kanchipuram 9 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Kalathur Kanchipuram 10 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Kanakapattu Kanchipuram 11 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Kandalur Kanchipuram 12 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Kilampakkam Kanchipuram 13 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Kottamedu Kanchipuram 14 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Kumili Kanchipuram Page 2 of 3 Sl.No. Name of the Site Locality District 15 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Kunnavakkam Kanchipuram 16 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Kuravanmedu Kanchipuram 17 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Madaiayattur Kanchipuram 18 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Mayilai Kanchipuram 19 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Manamai Kanchipuram 20 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Melkottaiyur Kanchipuram 21 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Naduvakkarai Kanchipuram 22 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Nandivaram Kanchipuram 23 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Nattam Kanchipuram 24 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Nellikuppam Kanchipuram 25 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Olalur Kanchipuram 26 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Padur Kanchipuram 27 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Paranur Kanchipuram 28 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Porundavakkam Kanchipuram Megalithic Cists and Cairns bounded with stone 29 circles Pulipakkam Kanchipuram 30 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Pundi Kanchipuram Megalithic Cists and Cairns circumbscribed by stone 31 circles Rajakulipettai Kanchipuram Megalithic Cists and Cairns circumscribed by stone 32 circles Rayalpattu Kanchipuram 33 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Sastirampakkam Kanchipuram 34 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Sembakkam Kanchipuram 35 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Settipuniyam Kanchipuram 36 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Sirudavur Kanchipuram 37 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Sirukunram Kanchipuram 38 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Tirupporur Kanchipuram 39 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Tiruvadi sulam Kanchipuram Megalithic Cists and Cairns circumscribed by stone 40 circles Vedanarayanapura mKanchipuram 41 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Vembedu Kanchipuram 42 43 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Vengur Kanchipuram 44 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Venkitapuram Kanchipuram Venpakkam 45 Megalithic Cists and Cairns (Village No.69) Kanchipuram Venpakkam 46 Megalithic Cists and Cairns (Village No.273) Kanchipuram 47 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Virapuram Kanchipuram 48 Megalithic Cists and Cairns Agaram Kanchipuram Number of Monuments 43 Number of Sites 48 Total 91 Page 3 of 3 .