No pre-7th century CE South Indian free-standing stone temples have survived. Samples of early major South Indian temples that have survived, some in ruins, include the various variations at Mahabalipuram, through the 7th and 8th generations. As outlined by Meister, the Mahabalipuram temples are "monolithic types of a number of https://newswirescentral.blogspot.com/2024/03/a-spiritual-journey-through-adelaides.html