Dalavanur Sathrumalleswaram Pallava rockcut temple is situated between Gingee and Mandagapattu in Tamil Nadu. Attributed to the 7th-century Pallava king Mahendravarman I, the temple, cut out of the rock, is thought to have been dedicated to Shiva, and is noted for its unusual inscriptions. It is an Archaeological Survey of India site.Elisabeth Beck, Pallava Rock Architecture and Sculpture (2006), Sri Aurobindo Institute of Research in Social Sciences, Puducheri, K R Srinavasan, Temples of the Pallavas (1964), Archaeological Survey of India
Above the cave temple there are Jain rock bed resembles.
References
Further reading Epigraphia Indica, Vol XII (1913–14), Archaeological Survey of India A. H. Longhurst, Pallava Architecture (3 vols, 1930), Archaeological Survey of India G Jouveau Dubreuil, Pallava Antiquities (1917), Asian Education Services, Chennai South Indian Inscriptions, Vol XII, Archaeological Survey of India T V Mahalingam, Inscriptions of the Pallavas, Agam Prakashan, Delhi