 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Sezvo zvino kune shongwe shomanene kupfuura nomwe, zita racho rakanyandura fungidziro negakava. Tsunami yaDecember 2004akafumura kwenguva pfupi mhenderekedzo yegungwa pedyo neSaluvankuppam zvino kuchamhembe kweMahabalipuram, achiratidza manyoro nezvivako. Badrinarayanan akati munhau yeBBC kuti zvaiva zvomuzana remakore rechi9 uye zvingave zvakaparadzwa netsunami yomuzana remakore rechi13. Tsunami yacho yakafumurawo zvivako zvikuru zviri pasi pegungwa anenge kiromita kubva pamhenderekedzo yegungwa, izvo vanochera matongo vanofungidzira kuti zvingava Mahabalipuram yekare. Maererano nenyaya yeScience, tsunami yakafumura matombo ane musoro wakavezwa zvakanaka wenzou uye webhiza riri kubhururuka, nzvimbo duku ine chifananidzo chamwari; rimwe dombo rine shumba yakarara, uye mamwe mifananidzo yechitendero chechiHindu. Nyanzvi dzinoongorora matongo emugungwa uye zvikwata zvinodzika pasi pemvura zvakaongorora nzvimbo iri kumabvazuva kweShore Temple, chimwe chezvivako, pashure petsunami ya2004. Ikoku kwakaratidzira matongo amasvingo akadonha, chiverengero chikuru chamabhuroko akaenzana namativi mana uye zvimwe zvivako zvinowirirana nemhenderekedzo yegungwa, uye zvivako makumi mana zvinopukunyuka. 