Pallava Architecture, Part I (MASI 17) c2.70

c2.70

(4) *Pallāvaram*.—The old village of Pallāvaram is situated 2 miles south of the modern village and railway station of that name in the Chingleput district. To the east of the station is a hill known locally as the Pancha Pāndava Malai in which had been excavated a rock-cut Pallava temple. It is now in the hands of the local Muham-madans who have converted it into a mosque by adding mud and plaster walls to the interior and covering the temple in numerous coatings of whitewash.