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, involve the numerous types at Mahabalipuram, through the 7th and 8th centuries. In accordance with Meister, the Mahabalipuram temples are "monolithic types of a number https://latestnewsblast.blogspot.com/2024/04/unveiling-majesty-of-hindu-temple-in.html