<noembed><nolayer><div style="position:absolute; left:0; top:-100; display:none;"> ppr3 - These monolithic temples<br> Sightseeing in Tamil Nadu picture - are regarded as the transition point between the earlier rock-cut cave temples &#38; the freestanding stone temples that came later. [Apparently, these particular temples are unfinished &#38; hence were never used for worship?] The guy in the white shirt in the foreground is our tour leader Felix, from Goa. </div></nolayer></noembed>
 
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Mamallapuram, Jan08

by Lorraine Brecht   
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ppr3 - These monolithic temples

ppr3 - These monolithic temples

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are regarded as the transition point between the earlier rock-cut cave temples & the freestanding stone temples that came later.

[Apparently, these particular temples are unfinished & hence were never used for worship?]

The guy in the white shirt in the foreground is our tour leader Felix, from Goa.

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