...this balancing rock does really look as if it is about to roll down on top of you....not sure how it got there - maybe an even bigger tsunami many tens of thousands of years ago...but with the the jumble of enormous boulders further to the north of the site, it must have necessitated huge forces to move them. More

This can be a very crowded site, but it is interesting. Of even more interest are the rock carvings out of solid granite at two nearby sites. All are free of admission except for the Five Mahas chariot carvings. More

interseting geological feature, worth seeing as part sightseeing in Mahabalipurm More

Butter in Granite - that's what the Balancing Rock or Krishna's Butter Ball is. It a huge Granite boulder balancing itself precariously on the gradual slope of a little, often slippery granite hillock. It's a star and immediately visible attraction in Mahabalipuram on the main thoroughfare of this ancient port town. More