No pre-seventh century CE South Indian totally free-standing stone temples have survived. Examples of early key South Indian temples which have survived, some in ruins, incorporate the varied designs at Mahabalipuram, within the 7th and 8th centuries. Based on Meister, the Mahabalipuram temples are "monolithic products of many different official https://newsbuzzwire.blogspot.com/2024/01/exploring-hanuman-temples-cultural.html