Roc-cut architecture. Modeling Mahabalipuram

The sculpted temples of the complex constitute a synthesis of spirituality, architecture, and landscape based on the unity of art, science, and technology. Codified by Hinduism, they were endowed with symbols, drawings, iconographies, and depictions of historical and literary events, all realized in order to communicate the divine. An analysis of the gigantic granite blocks, decomposing and recomposing them again through 3D/2D models allow identifying their formal, symbolic, metric, and geometric aspects that ensure Hindu sacral architecture a most significant expressive power