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MAHABALIPURAM, INDIA, April 11, 2005: In a major success, archaeologists in Mahabalipuram district have discovered remains of a 4th century Hindu temple built by the kings of the majestic Pallava dynasty. Archaeologists say the uncovering is the result of the December 26 tsunami that destroyed the beaches of various South Asian countries and claimed thousands of lives. The archaeologists inform that the newly discovered temple is a complex by itself. “We carried out extensive diving offshore and there we found certain remains which suggested some human activity in the region. To confirm and correlate that, we carried out excavation on this land and during the process we found the remains of a temple, which is quite big, with an entrance porch, open courtyard and a big wall. Near the rocks also we are getting evidence that there was a structural temple built on the rock and we are finding its remains,” said Alok Tripathi, Deputy Superintendent Archaeologist, Under Water Archaeology Wing. Tripathi also said that all the figures discovered in the temple are over six feet tall. The recovered objects include an elaborately carved, life-sized head and shoulders of an elephant, a horse in flight, and a life-sized reclining lion.

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