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| Krishna`s Butterball, also known as Vaan Irai Kal and Krishna`s Gigantic Butterball, is a gigantic granite boulder resting on a short incline in the historical coastal resort town of Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu state of India. Since it is part of the Group of Monuments at Mamallapuram, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, built as Hindu religious monuments by the Pallava dynasty, it is a popular tourist attraction. It is listed as a protected national monument by the Archaeological Survey of India |
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