Pancha Pandava Mandapam at Mahabalipuram, Chennai

Pancha Pandava Mandapam (carved with vaults and short pillars) dedicated to Pandavas, the mythological characters. Though unfinished, this cave temple is unique and its sanctum was designed to have a passage all around the exterior.

Mahabalipuram or Mammallapuram, UNESCO World Heritage Site is situated on the Coromandal coast to the south of Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India.