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Dalavanur The Satrumallesvara Temple at Dalavanur, built by Mahendra I, belongs to the early phase of Pallava architecture represented by a series of rock-cut shrines built between the 7th and 9th centuries in the Tondaimandalam region, around their capital Kanchipuram. These temples were the first in South India to be carved out of hard, granite rock. Earlier rock cut shrines, mostly Buddhist, were excavated into the softer rock in the Deccan.

Facade	Shrine Entrance	Surroundings	Rock-cut steps

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