Pulliyar Ratha, Mahabalipuram

   Pulliyar  Ratha at Mahabalipuram  50 km to the south of Madras in 1880. This  is very  near to  Arjunas Penance and Krishna  butter rock.  As per  Jennifer Howes  a British Art Historian specialsing on Indian  monuments it was originally  a Siva temple worshipped by Arjuna and had a connect to Arjunas Penance  nearby. The  Siva idol was stolen sometime around  1799-1803 and the  local  brahmins replaced it with a Ganesh idol.  The Sahadeva ratha of the  five rathas  was called  Arjuna Ratha  and he occupied the Ratha of Nakula. This  incident has been witnessed and recorded by two Telugu brahmins and is part of  Colin Mackenzie collection in British  Library.

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