Ukukhangela, ii-UNESCO zeeNdawo zeMveli zeHlabathi kunye ne-Backpacker Scene
Ufuna ukunandipha ulwandle lwangaselwandle kodwa awukwazi ukufikelela ecaleni lasentshonalanga yeIndiya? UMahabalipuram (okanye uMammallapuram njengoko kuthiwa ngenye indlela) mhlawumbi ulwandle oluthandwayo kunxweme lwaseMpuma. Ingumfanekiso okhulayo we-backpacker, kodwa iphinda iqhutywe ngabakhenkethi abaya kuphumla kwiindawo zokuhlaziya apho.
Indawo
Cishe malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-50 (31 iekhilomitha) ngasezantsi yeKennai kwilizwe laseTamil Nadu . Iikhilomitha ezingama-95 (59 iikhilomitha) ngasentla kwePondicherry.
Ukufika apho
I-Mahabalipuram malunga ne-1.5 iiyure ukusuka eKhennai, ecaleni kwe-East Coast Road. Kungenzeka ukuba uthathe ibhasi, iteksi, okanye i-auto rickshaw apho. Lindela ukuhlawula ii-2,000-2,500 kwieteksi xa kuthelekiswa nama-rupie angama-30 ngebhasi. Isikhululo sesitimela esiseduze ukuya eMahabalipuram seChengalpattu (Chingleput), iikhilomitha ezingama-29 (18 miles) ngasentla ngasentshonalanga.
I-Tamil Nadu Tourism iqhuba uhambo oluthile olubi lwangosuku olunye ukusuka eKhennai ukuya eMahabalipuram. Iinkampani ezininzi zokuhamba zibonelela ngeehambo ezizimeleyo.
- Funda ngakumbi: 9 Iindawo ezilungileyo zokubheka kufuphi neChennai
A Hop Hop Hop Off Ibhasi esetyenziswa ukusebenza phakathi kweKhennai neMahabalipuram. Nangona kunjalo, inkonzo inqanywe ngo-2013 ngenxa yokungabikho kwemisebenzi.
Imozulu kunye neMozulu
I-Mahabalipuram inesimo eshushu neshushu, kunye namaqondo asebusika asekupheleni kukaMeyi nasekuqaleni kukaJuni ngoku afikelele kwi-degrees Celsius ezingama-38 (i-degrees Fahrenheit ezingama-100). I dolophu ifumana ininzi yemvula ngexesha lentshonalanga ye-northeast , ukususela phakathi kweSeptemba ukuya kuDisemba, kwaye imvula enamandla ingaba yingxaki.
Iqondo lokushisa linciphisa ukuya kumlinganiselo we-25 degrees Celsius (75 Fahrenheit) ebusika, ukususela ngoNovemba ukuya kuFebhuwari, kodwa ayiyeki phantsi kwama-degrees Celsius angama-20 (68 Fahrenheit). Ixesha elifanelekileyo lokutyelela livela ngoDisemba ukuya kuMatshi, xa limile kwaye lipholile.
Yintoni ongayibona nokuyenza
Ibhantshi ngokwawo ayilona lugqwesileyo, kodwa idolophu igcwele amatempile athandwayo, kuquka iHome Temple Shore right on the edge of water.
Le tempile, ebuye yabuyela kwinkulungwane ye-8, ithathwa njengowona mdala ongudala onetyala eliqhelekileyo eliseTamil Nadu.
I-Mahabalipuram yaziwa ngokuba yicandelo lokutyunjwa kwamatye (ewe, unokuyithenga!) Kunye nezikhumbuzo eziqingqiweyo. Ezi zimbini ezikhangayo zi-Five Rathas (iitempile eziqoshiwe ngendlela yeenqwelo zokulwa, eziqoshwe ematyeni amaninzi) kunye ne-Arjuna Penance (enkulu yokudweba ebusweni obutye obonisa izigcawu ezivela kwi -Mahabharata ). Uninzi lweemifanekiso zenziwa ngekhulu le-7 ngexesha lokulawula kookumkani basePallava.
Amathikithi angenayo kwi-UNESCO iLifa leMveli leMathala eMahabalipuram (elibandakanya iThempeli leSouth Shorts and Rathas Five) libiza ama-rupie angama-500 kubantu bamazwe angaphandle kunye nama-rupie angama-30 amaNdiya, asebenza ngo-Ephreli 2016.
Intaba ecaleni lasentshonalanga yedolophu iyafaneleka ukuhlola kwakhona. Ivulekile ukusuka ekuphumeni kwelanga ukuya kutsho kwelanga kunye neendawo ezikhangayo ezibandakanya iwabi elikhulu elincinci elibizwa ngokuba yi-Krishna's Butterball, ezinye izikhumbuzo eziqingqiweyo, iintempile kunye neendlu zokukhanya.
Ukuba uziva unamandla, thatha le Ngqakquthela yeeBhayisikili ukuya kwiKapa yaseKadambai ukuze ufumane iindawo zokuhlala zasemaphandleni. Idolophana ibonakala ingekho eplastiki.
I-Mahabalipuram yenye yezona ndawo ezifanelekileyo zokungena kwi-inf kwaye zithole izifundo kwiIndiya.
NgoJuni noJulayi bavelisa amaza aphelileyo, kwaye bahlala ngokugqibeleleyo kude kube sekupheleni kukaSeptemba. Emva koko, bawa phantsi ngo-Oktobha noNovemba.
Umkhosi weMdaniso waseMamallapuram uqhutywe ngasekupheleni kukaDisemba ukuya ngasekupheleni kukaJanuwari kwi-Penjuna Penance.
Ukuze ujikeleze, uqeshe ibhasiki okanye isithuthuthu. Kwakhona kunokwenzeka ukuhamba, njengoko i-Mahabalipuram ayiyidolophu enkulu.
Ukuba ufuna ngokwenene ukuphumla kunye nokuguqa, khetha kwiindlela ezininzi zokwelapha ezinikwe malunga nedolophu.
Uhlala phi
I-Mahabalipuram ayinabo uluhlu olubanzi lweehotele kodwa kukho iindlela zokukhetha zonke iibhajethi ezivela kumaxabiso angabonakaliyo. Iindawo zokungcebeleka zaselunxwemeni zihlala zihlala ngasentla kummandla weedolophu, apho ulwandle lubhetele khona. Nangona kunjalo, ukuba ufuna ukuhlala usondele kwizenzo, uza kufumana indawo ezininzi ezingabizi kwiedolophu.
Abahambi bawenza isalathisi kwisithili esithandekayo siphephelo se-Othavadai kunye ne-Othavadai Cross streets, ekhokelela elunxwemeni kufuphi neTrans Temple.
Abadobi be-Colony ebheke elunxwemeni banendawo yokuhlala encinci. Omnye ummandla othandwayo ngumgwaqo wase-East Raja, isitalato esikhulu esedolophini. Nazi ezintlanu zeendwendwe ezihamba phambili kunye neehotele zebhajethi kuMahabalipuram .
Kuphi ukutya
Kukho i-plethora yeefestile kunye neevenkile e-Othavadai kunye ne-Othavadai Cross streets. I-Karma esheshayo yenye yezona zibhetele. Abaqhibi be-Moonrakers baye baqhuba ishishini ukususela ngo-1994 kwaye liyi-iconic. Zama intsapho ihamba, uphahla lwama-Gecko Cafe ngenjongo yokusela ubhiya kunye nenyama yokutya. Le Yogi inezonka zokutya zasemanzini. I-Babu's Cafe ijikelezwe imithi kwaye ibangele abahamba ngeenxa zonke kwihlabathi. I-Sea Shore Garden Restaurant ineembono zokubhankanya elwandle (kunye nomcuphi ohloniphekileyo wesiNgesi uRick Stein wambi wathi wayenentlanzi ehamba phambili yeentlanzi eIndiya apho). Yiya kwi-Cafe e-Hot, kufuphi ne-Silver Moon Guesthouse yokuhlala, ngenxa yekhofi enkulu.
Ingozi kunye nokuxhalabisa
Njengamaxesha onke eIndiya, apho kukho iitempile kukhowa kuthiwa izikhokelo zokunikela ukukwabelana ngolwazi lwabo ngemali ephezulu. Ulwandle olwandle eMahabalipuram lunokuba nolwandle olunamandla kakhulu, ngoko kufuneka unyathelwe xa ubhukuda. Oku kunjalo ngokukodwa kwimeko yeNkundla yeBhotela.