PANCH RATHA (MAHABALIPURAM).............
PANCH RATHA AT MAHABALIPURAM - A CONNECTION TO MAHABHARATHA? Cut out from a stone monument (single stone), the Panch Rathas at Mahabalipuram are some of best instances of stone cut sanctuaries. Worked in the seventh century AD during the rule of Pallava ruler Narsimhavarman I, they are today an UNESCO world legacy Site as a major aspect of Mahabalipuram accumulation of sanctuaries. What's the association with Mahabharata? Well entirely is no known association between the two, and these aren't in reality even Rathas. In any case, by one way or another they are related, with no recorded premise, to the Pandavas. They are called Rathas on the grounds that their structure takes after chariot shapes. The five Rathas The first ratha is called Draupadi ratha, the spouse of every one of the five Pandavas. It's one of the most unobtrusive and fragile looking sanctuary with a special rooftop. It's an inheritance of the covered rooftops which were