Mahabalipuram, derived from
'Mamallapuram the prior and colloquial name of
a town in Kancheepuram district in the Indian
state of Tamil Nadu, now officially called
Mamallapuram.
Mahabalipuram was a 7th century port city of
the South In an dynasty of the Pallavas near the
city of Chennaiin Tamil Nadu. The name
Mamallapuram is beli have been given after the
Pallava king Narasimhavar man I, who took on
the epithet Maha-malla (grea wrestler), as the
favourite sport of the Pallavas wrestling.