It is what it is

Once upon a time the Shore Temple at Mamallapuram, south of Madras, was actually on the seashore. I was lucky to see it then. Now there is a sea wall, lawns, landscaping, paved paths fringed by rope, and so on. Then there was nothing between temple and sea but sand and boulders. I was only a boy, but I was stunned by the elemental glory of this work of man and nature.

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