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From early January for four weeks there's the Mamallapuram Dance Festival.
Dances from all over India are staged here including Bharatha Natyam ( Tamil Nadu), Kathakali (Kerla),
Kuchupudi (Andhra Pradesh) as well as tribal dances, puppet shows and classical ,traditional music. Pick up a leaflet of
events of the tourist office in Chennai.
Beach
The village itself is only a couple of hundred metres from the wide beach,
north of the Shore temple, where local fishers pull in their boats. The local
toilet is also here and a walk along the beach is an exercise in sidestepping
the turds, south of the Shore temple or 500 m or so north, it becomes cleaner.
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About City |
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Area
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8 sq. km
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Population
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9,856
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Altitude
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Sea level
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Temperature
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Summer- max-36.6 c
min-21.1 c
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Winter- max-30.5 c
min-19.8 c
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Rainfall
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32.5 cms average
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Clothing
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Tropical
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Languages
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Tamil and English
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STD
Code
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04114
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