No pre-7th century CE South Indian absolutely free-standing stone temples have survived. Examples of early significant South Indian temples that have survived, some in ruins, contain the varied models at Mahabalipuram, from the 7th and 8th centuries. Based on Meister, the Mahabalipuram temples are "monolithic types of several different official https://newswirepeak.blogspot.com/2024/05/hanuman-mandir-symbol-of-cultural.html