What is common between Mahabalipuram Hampi and Pattadakal ........

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What is common between Mahabalipuram, Hampi and Pattadakal?

They all are sites of Vesara style of Architecture, a unique combination of Nagara and Dravida style.

The major Monuments at these places were built by Raja Raja Chola and his son Rajendra Chola.

These sites are part of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage list.

These three are the sites of Ashokan inscription in Southern India signifying his conquest across Aryavrat.

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Group of Monuments at Hampi: The austere, grandiose site of Hampi was the last capital of the last great Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagar. Its fabulously rich princes built Dravidian temples and palaces which won the admiration of travellers between the 14th and 16th centuries. Group of Monuments at Pattadakal: Pattadakal, in Karnataka, represents the high point of an eclectic art which, in the 7th and 8th centuries under the Chalukya dynasty, achieved a harmonious blend of architectural forms from northern and southern India. An impressive series of nine Hindu temples, as well as a Jain sanctuary, can be seen there. One masterpiece from the group stands out-the Temple of Virupaksha, built c. 740 by Queen Lokamahadevi to commemorate her husband's victory over the kings from the South.

Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram: This group of sanctuaries, founded by the Pallava kings, was carved out of rock along the Coromandel coast in the 7th and 8th centuries. It is known especially for its rathas (temples in the form of chariots), mandapas (cave sanctuaries), giant open-air reliefs such as the famous 'Descent of the Ganges', and the temple of Rivage, with thousands of sculptures to the glory of Shiva.

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