At a distance of practically 0.5 Km from Mahabalipuram Bus Station, Ganesh Ratha Temple is positioned in direction of the north of the Arjuna’s Penance. It’s a temple carved out from a rock to resemble a chariot and is inbuilt Dravidian fashion of temple structure. It was as soon as devoted to Lord Shiva. However when the unique lingam was eliminated, the temple got here to be generally known as the temple of Lord Ganesh.
It has been labeled as a UNESCO World Heritage Website as a part of ‘Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram’.