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Le taureau Nandi (ou Nandin), monolithe situé à proximité du temple Arjuna, dédié à Shiva, un des cinq rathas (temples monolithes) de Mahabalipuram

Ces cinq temples monolithes, appelés rathas (chariots), ont été sculptés sous le règne de Narasimhavarman (630-670), de la dynastie des Pallavas à Mahabalipuram en Inde du sud.

Un ratha est un chariot en bois destiné à transporter le dieu lors d'une procession, il prend la forme d'un petit temple doté de roues, c'est par analogie que ces temples monolithes ont reçu ce nom bien qu'ils n'aient pas de roues.

Ils reproduisent à l'identique dans le rocher les morphologies des temples construits à l'époque dans des matériaux non pérennes et qui ont tous disparus. Cette caractéristique en fait un site essentiel pour comprendre l'évolution de l'architecture dravidienne.

Le site de Mahabalipuram est classé par l'UNESCO au patrimoine mondial. A l'époque des Pallavas, la ville était un port en relation avec le Champa (royaume vaincu situé au centre et au sud de l'actuel Vietnam), Bali en Indonésie, le pays khmer (Cambodge), autant de régions qui s'étaient indianisées par le biais des échanges commerciaux.
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Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France

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Camera location12° 36′ 30.91″ N, 80° 11′ 22.89″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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