Shore temple, Mahabalipuram : The 17 th century shore temple is dedicated to Shiva and Vishnu. The two vimanas, Ksatriyasimheswara facing east and the smaller Rajasimheswara facing west are made in the Pallava era. Unlike the rock cut srtuctures in Mahabalipuram this is a structural temple, built out of hard blackish leptynite. The shrines have a
square lower storey and a pyramidal superstructure. There arer eight manadapams including that of Krishna. The temple is 60 km from Chennai, Tamil Nadu.