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Varaha Cave Temple (i.e., Varaha Mandapa or the Adivaraha Cave) is a rock-cut cave temple located at Mamallapuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal in Kancheepuram District in Tamil Nadu, India. It is part of the hill top village, which is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the north of the main Mahabalipurm sites of rathas and the Shore Temple. It is an example of Indian rock-cut architecture dating from the late 7th century. The temple is one of the finest testimonial to the ancient Hindu rock-cut cave architecture, out of many such caves also called mandapas. Part of the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram, the temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as inscribed in 1984 under criteria i, ii, iii and iv. The most prominent sculpture in the cave is that of the Hindu god Vishnu in the in

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  • Templo de la Cueva de Varaha (es)
  • Grotta di Varaha (it)
  • Varaha Cave Temple (en)
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  • El templo de la Cueva de Varaha (también llamado templo de la Cueva de Adivaraha) es un templo tallado en roca ubicado en Mamallapuram, sobre la costa de Coromandel de la bahía de Bengala en el distrito de Kanchipuram, en Tamil Nadu, India. Es un ejemplo de arquitectura rupestre india, que data de finales del siglo XII. El templo es un Patrimonio de la Humanidad y forma parte del .​ La escultura más prominente de la cueva es la de Visnú en la forma de Varaha cargando a Bhūmi, la madre tierra. También se encuentran talladas muchas figuras mitológicas.​ (es)
  • Varaha Cave Temple (i.e., Varaha Mandapa or the Adivaraha Cave) is a rock-cut cave temple located at Mamallapuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal in Kancheepuram District in Tamil Nadu, India. It is part of the hill top village, which is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the north of the main Mahabalipurm sites of rathas and the Shore Temple. It is an example of Indian rock-cut architecture dating from the late 7th century. The temple is one of the finest testimonial to the ancient Hindu rock-cut cave architecture, out of many such caves also called mandapas. Part of the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram, the temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as inscribed in 1984 under criteria i, ii, iii and iv. The most prominent sculpture in the cave is that of the Hindu god Vishnu in the in (en)
  • La grotta di Varaha (chiamato anche tempio della cava di Adivaraha) è una roccia scolpita a forma templare situata a Mamallapuram davanti alla costa del Coromandel sulla baia del Bengala, nel distretto di Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu, nell'India meridionale. Si tratta di uno dei siti più esemplari di architettura rupestre indiana, risalente con tutta probabilità alla fine del VII secolo. (it)
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