No pre-seventh century CE South Indian totally free-standing stone temples have survived. Examples of early significant South Indian temples which have survived, some in ruins, include the varied variations at Mahabalipuram, through the seventh and 8th hundreds of years. According to Meister, the Mahabalipuram temples are "monolithic styles of a https://newscentrallives.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-beacon-of-spiritual-harmony-and.html