Narasimhavarman

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Narasimhavarman, also called Mamallan, was the one who visualised present day Mahabalipuram. Anyone who visited this place near Chennai, the capital city of TamilNadu, could not have not marvelled the excellence of the beautiful rock-cut monuments. The place is named after "Mamallan", meaning "Greatest among the People who do Mal-uthaam".Mal-uthaam is a free hand fighting form of ancient tamils. Narasimha Varma Pallavan was one of the greatest Pallava kings, who ruled around 650 A.D.

Narasimhavarman took over from his father Mahendravarma Pallavan, who was years before humiliated by Pulikesin II in a siege of Kanchi, the capital of the Pallavas. With his eyes firmly set on revenge, Narasimhavarman in his ninth year of reign invaded the Chalukya Kingdom in a blitzkrieg attack wherein he sacked the capital Vatapi, thereby gaining the name 'Vatapi konda Narasimha Pallavan'. He had a son Mahendran and a daughter Kundhavi.


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