接着发海边神庙的片片吧。

   先来一段wiki的解说：Pancha Rathas an example of monolith Indian rock-cut architecture dating from the late 7th century located at Mamallapuram, a tiny village south of Madras in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The village was a busy port during the 7th and 8th century reign of the Pallava dynasty. The site is famous for the rock-cut caves and the sculptured rock that line a granite hill, including one depicting Arjuna's Penance. It has been classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site。

The Pancha Rathas shrines were carved during the reign of King Mahendravarman I and his son Narasimhavarman I. Each temple is a monolith, carved whole from a rock outcropping of pink granite. The five monolithic pyramidal structured shrines are named after the Pandavas (Arjuna, Bhima, Yudhishtra, Nakula and Sahadeva) and Draupadi. As noted, each shrine is not assembled from cut rock but carved from one single large piece of stone. It is likely their original design traces back to wood constructions.

    Rancha原意为马车，也引申为搭载神祗的庙宇、殿堂、神舆。Pancha则是五座的意思。所以这个神庙就可以叫做“五殿堂”。

这五座都是整个岩石一点点凿出来的，由于当时的战争，没有完工。完工的话，下面是要有马车的车轮的，可是只能看到刚刚开始凿的车轮的一点轮廓。

其中一座的细节。

这是一个岩洞神庙，凿进岩石里面去的，旁边是大的浮雕，记录了神话故事。

神庙里的雕刻。

旁边岩石上的浮雕，可惜俺相机太傻瓜，照不出全景，实际比这大的多。

这是那著名的butter ball。天然在那里的，有人用好几头大象拉它，想把它拉动，可是纹丝不动。

    那天玩的时候，进了一个纪念品店，老板一个劲推荐各种东西，基本都是石刻。我们看上一套石头雕的杯子垫，一共6个，问了问价钱。老板先问我们哪国人，我一听，心想，坏人，肯定要看人开价了。果然一开口近1400多卢比。我们使劲笑，因为猪同学去年在孟买买过类似的东西，才200卢比，还是没怎么还价的。这厮太黑了。我们就说太贵了，转身就走，都懒的跟他再说了。结果老板一个劲喊，可以便宜，你们说多少钱，我们不理，继续走。结果都走到停车场了，那个老板居然跑来了，一路降价，我懒得说话，直接上车了。然后我看见猪同学掏钱了，心里骂他：还买干吗。问他最后给了多少钱，他笑：200。哈哈，这价钱相差太多了啊。我在旅游书上看，当地东西的价钱，对印度人最低，其次欧美人，最高的价钱是留给日本人的（笨蛋日本人啊）。还有这个神庙的门票，印度人10卢比，外国人250卢比！真是250价钱，完全就是打劫外国人啊。下次把脸涂黑了去买票，哈哈哈。